ICT as mediators of learning in children with special needs in the transitional and first grades

Abstract

The incorporation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the education system becomes a contemporary challenge, in terms of innovation and the promotion of the creativity of teachers and in the learning and development of skills and abilities of all students and particularly in students with Special Educational Needs (NEE); In this sense, the research aims to analyze the contributions of ICT and Universal Design for Learning (ULD) for the promotion of learning in girls and boys with SEN in the transition and first grades, and propose strategies that can be applied in educational scenarios. The research is based on the qualitative paradigm with the use of the interpretive approach, using the techniques of documentary analysis and interviewing, the results indicate that ICT and ULD are of low incorporation in teaching, a finding that shows the need to relate in the curricula accessible technology with teaching in processes of educational inclusion to favor the learning of all students.

Keywords

• special educational needs (sen)
• information and communication technology (ict)
• universal learning design (uld)