ERIC Number: EJ1359526
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Dec
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Secondary Special Education Teachers' Experience with Accessibility Supports and Accommodations before and during COVID-19
Research on Education and Media, v14 n2 p64-70 Dec 2022
While it is recognised that the numbers of students needing accessibility supports and accommodations are increasing exponentially, research on accommodations during the COVID-19 pandemic is still sparse. The purpose of the current study was to explore special education teachers' accommodation practices at secondary schools before and during the unprecedented time of COVID-19. To better understand the experiences of participating teachers, we engaged seven teachers from a prairie province in Canada with one-on-one online semi-structured interviews. Teachers who offered accommodations to students before COVID-19 used a range of accommodations such as general technologies and assistive technology that fall into major categories of accommodations as defined by research. Evidence from this study indicates that some teachers delivered learning packages to homes or taught online classes during school closures, while some teachers did not. Teachers who taught remotely changed some of their accommodation practices during the school closures because in-person classes were switched to online learning. The implications for professional development are also discussed in this paper.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Accessibility (for Disabled), Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), COVID-19, Pandemics, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Practices, Electronic Learning, Assistive Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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