The Views of Special Education Department Students on the Use of Assistive Technologies in Special Education

Authors

  • Zeynep Genc Istanbul Aydın University,
  • Nigina S. Babieva I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia
  • Galina V. Zarembo Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Moscow, Russia
  • Elena V. Lobanova Russian New University (RosNOU), Moscow, Russia
  • Veronika Y. Malakhova Financial University Under the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v16i19.26025

Keywords:

Keywords—university student, assistive technology, special education, university, education

Abstract


Assistive technologies are an important factor for individuals with special needs to benefit from educational services. The aim of this research is to determine the opinions and thoughts of special education students on the use of technologies. The study group of the research consisted of 41 teacher candidates studying in Cyprus and Russian universities in the special education department in their classes in the fall semester of the 2020–2021 academic year. With regard to the collection of research data, it aims to determine students’ views with the ‘Personal Information Form’ developed by the researchers to determine the demographic characteristics of the research group and the ‘Semi-Structured Interview Form’ prepared by the researchers. The descriptive analysis method was used in the analysis of the data obtained from the interview questions. As a result of the research, special education teacher candidates’ use of the assistive technologies is given in detail in the results section.

Author Biographies

Zeynep Genc, Istanbul Aydın University,

Department of Special Education, 34295, Küçükçekmece, Istanbul, Turkey

Nigina S. Babieva, I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia

I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia

Galina V. Zarembo, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Moscow, Russia

Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Moscow, Russia

Elena V. Lobanova, Russian New University (RosNOU), Moscow, Russia

Russian New University (RosNOU), Moscow, Russia

Veronika Y. Malakhova, Financial University Under the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

Financial University Under the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

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Published

2021-10-12

How to Cite

Genc, Z., Babieva, N. S., Zarembo, G. V., Lobanova, E. V., & Malakhova, V. Y. (2021). The Views of Special Education Department Students on the Use of Assistive Technologies in Special Education. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 16(19), pp. 69–80. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v16i19.26025

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 19 (2021)

Section

Papers

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