Implementation of assistive technologies in classrooms: a shift in attitudes
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2014-04-30
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Wilson, Nadia
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Educators who do not embrace technology are providing a huge disservice to their students. Not only is a change required in educators attitudes, a change in teacher’s pedagogy also necessitates reviewing in order to fully support the learners in their classrooms. This project investigated the process required to help scaffold educational staffs’ learning so they become comfortable with change…focusing on this change and enabling an attitudinal change so a development for an appreciation for the possible pedagogical change needed to support student learning could occur. Essentially the focus is on shifting attitudes before skill level.
The questions which helped guide this project are:
• Why are educational staff so resistant to change when it comes to using assistive technology for student learning?
• What needs to be in place for attitudinal change to occur?
• How can I support educational staff so they can reach a level of ‘readiness’?
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assistive technology, Kurzweil 3000, shifting attitudes, technology, pedagogy, attitudinal change, resistance, readiness