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Assistive Technology for Students with Visual Impairments: Challenges and Needs in Teachers' Preparation Programs and Practice
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Zhou, Li; Parker, Amy T.; Smith, Derrick W.; Griffin-Shirley, Nora – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2011
This article reports on a survey of 165 teachers of students with visual impairments in Texas to examine their perceptions of their knowledge of assistive technology. The results showed that they had significant deficits in knowledge in 55 (74.32%) of the 74 assistive technology competencies that were examined and that 57.5% of them lacked…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Educational Technology, Assistive Technology, Teaching Methods
Assistive Technology Competencies of Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments: A Comparison of Perceptions
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Zhou, Li; Smith, Derrick W.; Parker, Amy T.; Griffin-Shirley, Nora – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2011
This study surveyed teachers of students with visual impairments in Texas on their perceptions of a set of assistive technology competencies developed for teachers of students with visual impairments by Smith and colleagues (2009). Differences in opinion between practicing teachers of students with visual impairments and Smith's group of…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Educational Technology, Assistive Technology, Teacher Competencies