Metaphoric Perceptions of Special Education Pre-Service Teachers Regarding Assistive Technology

Autor/inn/en	Aslan, Cem; Yalçin, Gülistan
Titel	Metaphoric Perceptions of Special Education Pre-Service Teachers Regarding Assistive Technology
Quelle	In: Research in Pedagogy, 12 (2022) 1, S.238-252 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Aslan, Cem) ORCID (Yalçin, Gülistan)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2217-7337
Schlagwörter	Figurative Language; Student Attitudes; Special Education Teachers; Preservice Teachers; Assistive Technology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Special education; Teacher; Teachers; Sonderpädagoge; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende
Abstract	This study aims to determine the metaphoric perceptions of special education pre-service teachers regarding the concept of assistive technology. The phenomenology pattern, one of the qualitative research approaches, was employed in this study. In this study, 81 special education pre-service teachers participated. The study used a questionnaire consisting of two parts. In the first part, the teachers' demographic information and the second part, an open-ended questionnaire in which "Assistive technology is like/similar to…because..." prompt exists. For the analysis of the study data, content analysis was conducted. At the end of the research, it was determined that special education pre-service teachers created 76 different metaphors for the concept of assistive technology. In general, metaphors such as "friend", "organ", "guide," and "light" came to the fore. In addition, the metaphors created by the pre-service teachers were grouped under seven different themes: "providing/being support", "guidance", "integration", "facilitating life", "independence", "acceleration," and "individualization." (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Preschool Teacher Training College "Mihailo Palov" and Serbian Academy of Education in Belgrade. Omladinski Trg 1, Vrsac, 26300 Serbia. Tel: +381-832517; Fax: +381-832517; Web site: http://research.rs
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01