Microelectronics and Special Education. CET [microform] : MEP Information Sheet
- Bib ID:
- 5476477
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Council for Educational Technology, London (England)
- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1981
- 13 p.
- Summary:
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Used as an additional aid by the teacher, microelectronics can assist mentally and physically handicapped children to meet educational objectives that have been specifically agreed upon for the individual child. Microelectronics can help deaf children develop speech production, communication skills, and grammar and sentence construction; accommodate blind children with the use of portable reading aids, Braille and audio information centers, and text-processing systems; aid children with learning difficulties to develop thinking skills; and provide physically handicapped children with a means of accessing a variety of computer-assisted instructional (CAI) learning programs. It is difficult, however, to use microcomputers in helping non-communicative children who use Bliss symbols because of the difficulty in obtaining software, the amount of planning time and effort needed to use the software appropriately, and the lack of special technical support. Activities funded by the Microelectronics Education Programmme (MEP) in which the Council for Educational Technology (CET) has been involved include: curriculum development for deaf students; training for teachers, other staff, and parents of physically handicapped children; Special Education Microelectronics Resource Centres; consultancy centers on communication aids in education; and research on input/output devices software for the physically handicapped. Further reading resources are listed. (DJR)
- Notes:
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- Availability: Council for Educational Technology, 3 Devonshire Street, London W1N 2BA, England.
- ERIC Note: Best copy available; narrow left-hand margins.
- Researchers.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
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- Blindness
- Computer Assisted Instruction
- Computer Software
- Developed Nations
- Elementary Secondary Education
- Foreign Countries
- Hearing Impairments
- Information Centers
- Input Output Devices
- Inservice Teacher Education
- Learning Disabilities
- Microcomputers
- Physical Disabilities
- Research and Development
- Special Education
- Microelectronics Education Programme
- United Kingdom
- Genre/Form:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Council for Educational Technology, London (England)
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2051 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary, dramatic or musical work
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1981
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