A Study on Assistive Technology Knowledge and Skill of Special Education Teachers in Elementary Schools in Tainan City

• Main Authors: Chun-yu Lee, 李淳裕
• Other Authors: Chih-Heng Tsai
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/63378463690781379405

碩士 === 康寧大學 === 資訊傳播研究所 === 102 === This study is mainly to explore the assistive technology (AT) knowledge and skill of special education teachers in elementary schools of Tainan City. From teachers’ individual environmental and background variables to analyze the level of AT knowledge and skill. A self reporting questionnaire was designed to collect data. The questionnaire was mailed to 338 special education teachers in elementary schools in Tainan City. The return rate including 280 valid respondents was 82.8%. The data were analyzed by way of the descriptive statistics, independent T test, and one factor analysis of variance; Scheffe method, and Dunnett’s T3 method. The conclusions for this study were summarized as follows: 1. The respondents was above average level in the field of AT knowledge and skill. 2. The level of AT knowledge was higher than AT skill, and the level of AT basic concept was higher than AT assessment and application 3. No significant difference in the level of AT knowledge and skill was found in gender individual varieties, but in some individual varieties such as age, teaching seniority were found significant differences. And the respondents who received AT training or had experience of AT use were possessed of higher level of AT knowledge and skill. 4. In variety of individual conditions, the respondents whose students applied AT were higher level of AT knowledge and skill than the respondents whose students never applied AT. And the respondents who teached different special education class type were had significant differences.