Social Studies Teachers’ ICT Proficiency for Teaching in Schools for the Deaf in Ghana

IF 0.9 Q3 EDUCATION, SPECIAL British Journal of Special Education Pub Date : 2023-08-15 DOI:10.37745/bje.2013/vol11n108198
Mavis Adwoa Donkor, Robert Andrews Ghanney, Daniel Asomani Wiafe, Emmanuel Dwamena
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The study sought to examine how knowledge and skill in ICT of Social Studies teachers influence their teaching of the subject to students who are deaf in schools in Ghana. The study was hinged on the Social Cognitive Theory and Human Capital Theory and used convergent parallel design with the mixed methods approach. The population for the study comprised all JHS Social Studies teachers and headteachers numbering 42 in the 14 public schools for the deaf in Ghana. Census sampling was used to select all the 28 respondents (teachers) for the quantitative phase while convenience sampling technique was also used to sample 14 participants for the qualitative aspects of the study. Data was gathered through questionnaire for the quantitative data and analysed using descriptive measures (frequencies and percentages, means and standard deviations) while the qualitative data was accessed through semi-structured interviews and textually analyzed. The findings showed that the majority of Social Studies teachers handling deaf students possessed requisite knowledge and skills in ICT and showed interest in teaching the subject, nevertheless, only few of them employed ICT in teaching Social Studies. It is recommended that Social Studies teachers to students who are deaf be provided with computers and taken through regular in-service training to help them meet their special needs and other ICT tools.
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加纳聋人学校社会学科教师信息通信技术水平研究
这项研究旨在审查加纳社会研究领域的信息和通信技术教师的知识和技能如何影响他们对学校中聋哑学生的这门学科教学。本研究以社会认知理论和人力资本理论为基础,采用融合平行设计和混合方法进行研究。这项研究的人口包括加纳14所公立聋人学校的所有JHS社会研究教师和42名校长。定量阶段采用人口普查抽样选择所有28名受访者(教师),而定性方面的研究也采用便利抽样技术抽样14名参与者。通过问卷收集定量数据,并使用描述性措施(频率和百分比,平均值和标准差)进行分析,而通过半结构化访谈获取定性数据并进行文本分析。调查结果显示,处理失聪学生的大部分社会学科教师都具备必要的信息和通讯技术知识和技能,并有兴趣教授这门学科,但只有少数教师在社会学科教学中使用信息和通讯技术。建议为失聪学生的社会学科教师配备电脑,并定期接受在职培训,以帮助他们满足特殊需要,并使用其他资讯及通讯科技工具。
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期刊介绍: This well-established and respected journal covers the whole range of learning difficulties relating to children in mainstream and special schools. It is widely read by nasen members as well as other practitioners, administrators advisers, teacher educators and researchers in the UK and overseas. The British Journal of Special Education is concerned with a wide range of special educational needs, and covers all levels of education pre-school, school, and post-school.
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