Building New Identities on Special Needs Education for Teachers through Open and Distance Learning
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2018, Vol 23, Issue 1
Abstract
As a national level contribution to support the inclusive education to be implemented in the regular classroom setting, the Department of Special Needs Education developed and offers a Postgraduate Diploma in Special Needs Education (PGDSNE) programme to empower regular/special education teachers to cater the all children including children with SEN in the general education set up through ODL mode. Therefore, it is imperative to study the effectiveness of the ODL mode to build required competencies among teachers who cater to children with special education needs (SEN) in their classrooms. The overall aim of this study was to find out how teachers develop a new identity after completing the PGDSNE program in the ODL mode. The sample comprised all teachers who completed the PGDSNE program since year 2008. Data were collected through questionnaires, structure interviews, focus group discussion, student’ feedback and peer reviewer’s records and analyzed using quantitative and qualitative techniques. The findings show that the program developed skills to identify children with SEN, master teaching methodologies to teach in inclusive classrooms, conduct alternative evaluation systems, identify the educational needs of children, create a meaningful learning environment, plan and design teaching – learning materials for children with SEN, acquire skills to interact with children with SEN, and collaborate with teachers and parents of children with SEN. The finding of this study will be a base to build up comprehensive mechanism to empower regular education teachers in Sri Lankan education system through ODL mode.
Authors and Affiliations
T. D. T. L. Dhanapala, K. A. C. Alwis, B. G. H. Anurudhika, K. Ketheeswaran
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