ERIC Number: EJ1469445
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Jun
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-6434
EISSN: EISSN-2381-3121
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The Intention of Professionals Using Virtual Reality in Training Vocational Skills for Individuals with Disabilities
Hui-Shan Lo1; Cheng-Ming Chen2; Jon-Chao Hong3; Ting-Fang Wu1
Journal of Special Education Technology, v40 n2 p235-251 2025
The purpose of the current study was to develop an appropriate model to represent the relationships among the factors relating to the intention of vocational training professionals to use virtual reality vocational training systems for persons with disabilities. A questionnaire based on the theory of the value-based adoption model was used to collect data from 59 professionals working in vocational training for persons with disabilities. The results indicated that the usefulness and enjoyment positively related to perceived value, and perceived value had a direct effect on the intention of vocational training professionals. Usefulness and enjoyment had a positive impact on intention through perceived value. The model could explain 66% of intention for vocational training professionals. The findings demonstrate that vocational training professionals' perceived value may be a determinant factor in using VR as a vocational skills training tool, and that usefulness and enjoyment are mediated through perceived value.
Descriptors: Career and Technical Education, Computer Simulation, Students with Disabilities, Value Judgment, Intention, Career and Technical Education Teachers, Technology Uses in Education, Psychological Patterns, Foreign Countries, Cooking Instruction, Models
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Taiwan (Taipei)
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Author Affiliations: 1Graduate Institute of Rehabilitation Counseling and Gerontological Wellbeing, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan; 2Department of Special Education, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; 3Institute for Research Excellence in Learning Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan