Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.15516/cje.v21i4.3244
ICT and Functional Diversity in the University
Ana Mª Ortiz Colón
; Department of Pedagogy, Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences, University of Jaén Campus Las Lagunillas, s/n, 23071 ,Jaén, Spain
Mª Jesús Colmenero Ruiz
; Department of Pedagogy, Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences, University of Jaén Campus Las Lagunillas, s/n, 23071 ,Jaén, Spain
Javier Rodríguez Moreno
orcid.org/0000-0002-5890-3654
; Department of Pedagogy, Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences, University of Jaén Campus Las Lagunillas, s/n, 23071 ,Jaén, Spain
Abstract
Given the social need of progress in the use of information and communication
technologies (ICT) applied to people with disabilities, the objective of this
investigation is to verify the existence of significant differences in knowledge
regarding ICT applied to the functional diversity (F.D.) on students in the
Early Childhood Education Degree programme and Primary Education Degree
programme, according to gender, course, title degree and if they have previously
received training on ICT and functional diversity. To that end, we have used
a sample of students from the University of Jaén (n= 440). In the analysis, we
compared the means for independent samples (Student’s t) and calculated the
effect size (Cohen’s d), along with a basic descriptive. The results show that, with
a medium-low knowledge among the students, there are differences in favour of
male students enrolled in the 3rd course who received specific training on the matter.
We conclude that is essential to adopt measures in initial training to promote the
qualification, knowledge and application of ICT to people with functional diversity
due to the direct connection that exists between training level and applicability
Keywords
inclusive education; ICT; initial teacher education; technological resources; functional diversity
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Publication date:
19.12.2019.
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