TY - JOUR TI - Attitudes of special education teachers towards using technology in inclusive classrooms: a mixed-methods study AU - Mohamed, Ahmed Hassan Hemdan T2 - Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs AB - The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to explore special education teachers’ attitudes towards using technology in inclusive classrooms in Oman. The sample consisted of 428 special education teachers working in Omani public schools (250 teachers of students with learning disabilities (LD), 90 teachers of students with intellectual disability and 88 teachers of students with hearing impairment). Participants responded to the attitudes towards computers questionnaire. For the qualitative section of this study, three semi-structured group interviews were conducted with a group of special education teachers: 15 teachers of students with hearing impairment, 15 teachers of students with intellectual disabilities and 15 teachers of students with LD). Also, the teachers responded to a survey of educational technology which encompassed seven questions about computer technology. Results of the study indicated that the special education teachers’ attitudes towards using computers were generally positive. The most notable positive attitudes were in the following subscales: special education considerations, staff development considerations, computers use in society, and computers and quality of instruction issues. The analysis of variance results showed that experience and type of disability did not have a significant effect on teachers’ attitudes towards technology. DA - 2018/// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1111/1471-3802.12411 DP - Wiley Online Library VL - 18 IS - 4 SP - 278 EP - 288 LA - en SN - 1471-3802 ST - Attitudes of special education teachers towards using technology in inclusive classrooms UR - http://nasenjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1471-3802.12411 Y2 - 2020/12/10/16:20:57 KW - Attitudes KW - hard of hearing KW - inclusive education KW - intellectual disability KW - learning disabilities KW - technology ER -