Kriativ-tech Volume 1, Issue 9, April 2018, Pages: xxx Received: Dec. 28, 2019; Accepted: Feb. 25, 2020. Published: Oct. 11, 2021.

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Carla Sousa, Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Departamento de Engenharias Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro

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Carla Sousa, IT Integration in Inclusive Education DOI: 10.31112/kriativ-tech-2021-10-65

Abstract

Promoting contextualised and meaningful learning is a peremptory issue in an inclusive school. The motivation for this study was based on the observation of the difficulties and adaptations of educational practice around children and young people with specific needs. It was verified the scarcity of free technological resources at national level, the need to use international software and the difficulties experienced by teachers and technicians in adapting educational models due the lack of training in the area of information and communication technologies. This study aims to identify the software and educational digital resources aimed at special education existing in three clusters, the difficulties experienced by teachers and technicians in adapting materials and the importance of new technologies in inclusive education. To this end, a survey was used as a research method in the School Groups of Entroncamento, Vila Nova da Barquinha and Torres Novas with the participation of special education groups and specialised technicians. Its access was made available to participants via email, the data gathered were subjected to a qualitative and quantitative analysis, with exploratory descriptive analysis in the objective questions and content analysis in the descriptive ones. Additionally, a literature review was conducted around technology and inclusive education based on articles published in the B-On scientific database. After the selection, 6 studies were considered as the final sample of the investigation. The main results of the research carried out, point to the importance of technological resources in optimizing inclusive education, particularly in students with specific needs. The scarcity of materials that allow the adaptability of content to the specificities of students and the lack of training of professionals in the area of ICT.

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Technology in Inclusive Education, Inclusion, Special Education.

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