SAUDI SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS’ KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEEDS OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM

<p>This project assesses Saudi Arabian special education teachers’ perceptions about their competencies and professional development needs on assistive technology (AT). The researcher developed an online self-administrated 27 question survey in order to evaluate special education teachers’ perceived knowledge regarding AT, as well as to investigate their needs for professional development. The survey webpage link was sent via email to 110 special education teachers at General Directorate of Education in Unaizah, Saudi Arabia. A total of 37 teachers participate in this study for a 33.6% response rate. The findings indicate that special education teachers are not confident in their ability to correctly utilize AT in a classroom. The results also show that participants are interested in receiving AT training. In addition, it indicates that special education teachers preferred face-to-face learning methods for AT training.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in Education

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Year dc:date.available

2017

Author dc:creator

• Almethen, Mazen Abdurhman

Contributors dc:contributor

• Phillips, Kathleen, Ph.D.

• Assistive Technology
• Special education teachers
• Students with disabilities
• Education
• Special Education and Teaching

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/448

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu:etd-1506