Microcomputing Competencies for Special Education Professors

A list of 43 microcomputing competencies associated with the functions that special education professors typically perform was generated through a task analysis. Approximately 60% of a national sample of 250 special education faculty who use microcomputers responded to a questionnaire designed to as...

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Published in:Teacher Education and Special Education 1987-10, Vol.10 (4), p.153-160
Main Authors: Blackhurst, A. Edward, MacArthur, Charles A., McClellan Byrom, Elizabeth
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Competency Based Teacher Education
Computer Uses in Education
Disabilities
Higher Education
Microcomputers
National Surveys
Special Education
Special Education Teachers
Teacher Education
Teacher Educator Education
Teacher Educators
Word Processing
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Summary:A list of 43 microcomputing competencies associated with the functions that special education professors typically perform was generated through a task analysis. Approximately 60% of a national sample of 250 special education faculty who use microcomputers responded to a questionnaire designed to assess the value of the competency statements. Competencies associated with the function of providing instruction about microcomputer applications in special education were viewed as being most important, followed by those associated with using the microcomputer as an aid to instruction in courses and as an aid to personal productivity. With a few exceptions, competencies related to the use of microcomputers to meet service responsibilities, computer programming and related skills, and selection and operation of microcomputer equipment were seen as less useful. Word processing was rated as the single most useful competency and computer programming as the least useful.
ISSN:0888-4064
1944-4931
DOI:10.1177/088840648701000402