The Impact of ICT in Educating Students with Learning Disabilities in Australian Schools

2016 ◽  
pp. 2028-2041
Author(s):  
Tas Adam ◽  
Arthur Tatnall
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Special Schools ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Beneficial Impact ◽  
Education Of Students ◽  
The Impact

The term “Learning Difficulties” (sometimes also referred to as Special Needs) is used in reference to students who have significant difficulties in the acquisition of literacy and numeracy skills and need extra assistance with schooling. This is a large heterogeneous group. Another more specific term is “Learning Disabilities” that refers to the small sub-group of students who exhibit severe and unexplained problems. This chapter presents a report on an investigation, framed by the use of actor-network theory, of how the use of Information and Communications Technologies can aid in improving the education of students with Learning Disabilities. The study involved case studies and participant observation of the use of ICT in two outer Melbourne suburban Special Schools and an investigation of the impact of Education Department policies on these school environments. Research at the two Special Schools revealed that use of Information and Communications Technologies can have a very beneficial impact on these students by improving their self-esteem and facilitating their acquisition of useful life skills.

The Impact of ICT in Educating Students with Learning Disabilities in Australian Schools

2014 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Tas Adam ◽  
Arthur Tatnall
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Special Schools ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Beneficial Impact ◽  
Education Of Students ◽  
The Impact

The term “Learning Difficulties” (sometimes also referred to as Special Needs) is used in reference to students who have significant difficulties in the acquisition of literacy and numeracy skills and need extra assistance with schooling. This is a large heterogeneous group. Another more specific term is “Learning Disabilities” that refers to the small sub-group of students who exhibit severe and unexplained problems. This chapter presents a report on an investigation, framed by the use of actor-network theory, of how the use of Information and Communications Technologies can aid in improving the education of students with Learning Disabilities. The study involved case studies and participant observation of the use of ICT in two outer Melbourne suburban Special Schools and an investigation of the impact of Education Department policies on these school environments. Research at the two Special Schools revealed that use of Information and Communications Technologies can have a very beneficial impact on these students by improving their self-esteem and facilitating their acquisition of useful life skills.

School Children with Learning Disabilities

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 10-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tas Adam ◽  
Arthur Tatnall
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Special Schools ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Beneficial Impact ◽  
Reported Study ◽  
Education Of Students

This article presents a report on an investigation into the use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) to aid in the education of students with Learning Disabilities. The study was framed by the use of actor-network theory. The term ‘Learning Difficulties’ (sometimes also referred to as Special Needs) is used in reference to a large heterogeneous group of students who are seen to have significant difficulties in the acquisition of literacy and numeracy skills and need extra assistance with schooling. Another more specific term is ‘Learning Disabilities’ that refers to the sub-set of students who constitute a small sub-group that exhibit severe and unexplained problems. The reported study involved case studies and participant observation of the use of ICT in two outer suburban Special Schools in Melbourne, and an investigation of the role and impact of Education Department policies on these school environments. Research at the two Special Schools revealed that use of ICT can have a very beneficial impact on these students by improving their self-esteem and facilitating their acquisition of useful life skills.

Learning Disabilities and Reading: Instructional Recommendations from Current Research

1983 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 230-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rena B. Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Instructional Strategies ◽  
Teacher Effectiveness ◽  
Direct Instruction ◽  
Learning Disabled ◽  
Cognitive Resources ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Teaching Of Reading ◽  
Education Of Students

This review of research addresses the teaching of reading, one of the most common concerns in the education of students with learning disabilities. First, past conceptualizations of the condition of learning disabilities are considered, then rejected in favor of the notion that learning disabled individuals are characterized by a failure to deploy cognitive resources effectively. Next, recent research on teacher effectiveness and the technology of direct instruction is examined in relation to current understandings of the nature and treatment of learning disabilities. Finally, empirically based instructional strategies for the teaching of reading to the learning disabled are suggested.

scholarly journals The Impact of Microteaching on Professional Competencies of Pre-Service Teachers of Students with Learning Disabilities

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Mohammad Mousa AL-Salahat ◽  
Suhib Saleem Saleem
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Professional Competencies ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Service Training ◽  
Resource Rooms ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

The aim of the present study was to examine the impact of microteaching on professional competence among four pre-service student teachers enrolled in the program of special education for students of learning disabilities in the Faculty of Education. The researchers indicated the theoretical conceptions of professional competencies, pre-service training, practicum in learning disabilities, and microteaching. The study conducted through three stages: baseline, intervention, and follow up. The researchers used a checklist as the tool of the study. The study was conducted during the field training of the subjects as they were asked to prepare and carry out the entire individual teaching lesson in the resource rooms affiliated to the public education schools. Microteaching sessions were also administrated at the university campus in Najran. The results of the study indicated significant improvements in the professional competencies among the four pre- service students as it was moderate at baseline (68%) for the four participating pre-service students. The subjects maintained the targeted skills in one measurement and after two weeks of the study (89%) indicating the significance of the microteaching in developing pre- service teachers required skills.

scholarly journals The Impact of a Training Program for Families of Students with Learning Disabilities in Activating Familial Participation and Reducing Learning Disabilities Aspects and Developing the Academic Achievement of Their Children

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 140
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ahmad Bairat ◽  
Akef Abdullah Al-Khateeb
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Significant Positive Correlation ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Training Period ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Performance Scale

The study aimed at building a training program for the families of students with learning disabilities to activate the familial participation and reduce learning disabilities aspects and develop the academic achievement of such students. The study’s sample composed of (46) families and (46) male and female students from these families. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researchers prepared a list to assist the familial participation applied on the families before and after the training period; they used the scale of (Sartawi,1995) to reveal the learning disabilities of their children applied before and after the training period, as well as the scale of academic achievement (educational packages,2010), moreover; they built the suggested program to activate the familial participation. The study concluded that there were statistically significant differences between the pre-measurement and post-measurement in favor of the post-measurement regarding the students’ performance in relation to the learning disabilities aspects. It also showed that there were statistically significant differences between the pre-measurement and post-measurement in favor of the post-measurement regarding the students’ performance in relation to the academic performance scale (educational packages,2010), furthermore; there were statistically significant positive correlation between the familial participation and learning disabilities aspects, and between the familial participation and the academic achievement.

Spelling Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities: Implications for Research and Practice

1994 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
David McNaughton ◽  
Charles A. Hughes ◽  
Karen Clark
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
New Words ◽  
Spelling Instruction ◽  
Instructional Activities ◽  
Students With Ld ◽  
The Impact

We reviewed 27 published studies on spelling instruction for students with learning disabilities (LD) and coded them for the following variables: (a) student characteristics, (b) instructional activities, (c) nature of materials to be learned, and (d) criterial tasks (Jenkins, 1979). Most of the studies investigated the impact of instructional activities on the production of targeted spelling items by elementary-grade students with LD. We interpret the results of this review as suggesting that the following activities may enhance learning for some students with LD: (a) limiting the number of new words introduced each day, (b) facilitating student-directed and peer-assisted instruction, (c) directing students to name letters aloud as they are practiced, (d) including instruction in morphemic analysis, (e) providing immediate error imitation and correction, (f) using motivating reinforcers, and (g) providing periodic retesting and review. Only limited information is available on interventions that promote generalization of spelling knowledge to untrained words, use of trained vocabulary in a variety of writing activities, and maintenance of vocabulary across time. We discuss current research issues and future research directions in spelling instruction for students with learning disabilities.

scholarly journals Teaching Arithmetic Combinations of Multiplication and Division to Students with Learning Disabilities or Mild Intellectual Disability: The Impact of Alternative Fact Grouping and the Role of Cognitive and Learning Factors

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ioannis Agaliotis ◽  
Afroditi Teli
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Mild Intellectual Disability ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Students With Ld ◽  
Disability Categories ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Group Comparisons

<p>The effectiveness of two instructional interventions was investigated in the context of teaching Arithmetic Combinations (ACs) of multiplication and division to students with Learning Disabilities (LD) or Mild Intellectual Disability (MID). The intervention for the control group (LD = 20, MID = 10) was based on principles of effective instruction, while the intervention for the experimental group (LD = 19, MID = 4) combined the intervention for the control group and an alternative grouping and presentation scheme of ACs. Correlations between cognitive and learning characteristics of the two disability categories and participants’ performance in ACs learning were also investigated. Intra-group comparisons showed that post-intervention performance of both groups (control and experimental) was significantly higher than their pre-intervention performance. However, inter-group comparisons revealed that there was no significant difference between the results obtained through the two interventions. Students with LD outperformed their counterparts with MID. Differences of the two disability categories in domains such as speed of information processing and counting skills correlated with performance. Results are discussed in reference to the organization of effective intervention programs for supporting students with LD or MID in their effort to learn arithmetic combinations of multiplication and division.</p>

scholarly journals Building as Interface: Sustainable Educational Ecologies

2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (Educational Media Ecologies) ◽  
pp. 75-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne De Castell ◽  
Milena Droumeva ◽  
Jen Jenson
Keyword(s):  
Educational Context ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Educational Environments ◽  
New Information ◽  
22Nd Century ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Theory Research ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Educational Sustainability

This paper begins with the most obvious, and yet most elusive, of educational media ecologies, the buildings which are ‹home› to pedagogic communication and interaction, and considers how we might understand «building as interface», construed first as a noun, («a structure with roof and walls» – OED) referring to places as physical structures, and then as a verb, («the action or trade of constructing something» – OED), referring to the activities of construction through which we can engage technologies central to theory, research and practice. Our concern is with exploring the larger question of educational sustainability: with what ‹sustainability› means when applied to a specifically educational context, and with the sustainability of the kinds of emerging educational environments in which new information and communications technologies play a significant role. This question of sustainable educational environments is driven by a need to be responsible and accountable for the impact of the technologies and practices we eagerly embrace in the name of «21st century learning», even as prospects for a 22nd century are so rapidly receding from view. As one prominent media ecologist put the point: «we have to find the environments in which it will be possible to live with our new inventions» (McLuhan 1967, 124).

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