TED- Preservice Special Education Teachers’ Experiences in a Practice-based Assistive Technology Education

• In Event: TED/DELT- Emergent Trends in Preservice Preparation (v)

Short Description

The purpose of this study was to explore the preservice special education teachers’ experiences in the practice-based technology integration in special education course. Data were collected from 67 preservice special education teachers through a pre and post assistive technology experiences survey. The quantitative data revealed a significant difference between preservice teachers’ Assistive knowledge and ability scores after the course. The preservice teachers found the course beneficial and relevant to their future career development, but they also stressed several weaknesses of the course and provided suggestions to improve the course.

Authors

• Presenter: Ismahan Arslan-Ari, University of South Carolina

• Contributor: Derya Baser, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal Unıversity