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Resumo(s)
Technology has become an essential component in our society and considering
its impact in the educational system, Information and Communication
Technologies (ICT) cannot be dissociated from the educational process and, in particular,
from pedagogical practices adopted for students who are blind or partially sighted.
This study focuses on Portuguese reference schools for the education of blind and
partially sighted students, regulated by the Decree-Law No. 3/2008, in which are
concentrated the human and material resources that can offer an educational response
with quality for these students with special education needs. The study intends to
analyse the perceptions of the teachers, who teach visually impaired students in middle
school and secondary school education in these reference schools, of their knowledge,
teaching and training in the area of ICT, as well as of the real ICT integration in the
teaching and learning of these students. A survey, which has been applied to these
teachers in the 2012/13 school year, was adopted as a method of data collection. The
results reveal a sample confident in their technological capabilities, however with little
resourcefulness in some tools and software specific to the area of visual impairment and
a very significant number of teachers ignoring many of these. The implementation of
ICT with students who have visual disabilities is lower compared with the sighted
students. The lack of specific training is considered to be the main obstacle for teachers,
with regard to the real integration of ICT in the teaching and learning of these students.
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Palavras-chave
Visual impairment Information and communication technologies Assistive technology Teacher training Portugal
Contexto Educativo
Citação
RAMOS, Sara Isabel Moça; ANDRADE, António - ICT in Portuguese reference schools for the education of blind and partially sighted students. Education and Information Technologies. ISSN 1360-2357. Vol. 21, n.º 3 (2016), p. 625-641
Editora
Springer