Special Education Teachers’ Knowledge and Attitudes toward the Use of Assistive Technology for Disabled Children Management: Impact of an Educational Intervention
Thestudy aimed to investigate the
effectiveness of an educational intervention on improving teachers’ knowledge
and attitudes toward the use of assistive technology devices. Methods: A
quasi-experimental research design was applied with 68 purposive samples of
teachers selected conveniently from four settings located at Jeddah, Saudi
Arabia. Three tools were used including participants’ demographic and personal data, knowledge scale and
attitudes questionnaire. Results: A highly significant difference was
reported between pre and post-test among studied teachers according to their
total knowledge in pre-assessment (66.1 ± 11.4) compared with (72.9 ± 12.0) in
post-test and attitude in pre (77.9 ± 11.2) compared with post total score
(86.4 ± 11.2) at p-value < .05. Conclusion:
The program is effective in developing the knowledge and attitudes of the
participants with a highly statistically significant difference between the pre
and post interventions. Therefore, a well-planned and structured educational
program should be undertaken to improve the level of awareness of special
education teachers.
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