A STUDY ON THE ATTITUDES OF THE TEACHERS TOWARDS ICT IN THE INCLUSIVE CLASSROOM
Keywords:
Teaching attitudes, information and communication technologies, inclusive educationAbstract
Incorporation has added diversity to the schools of the 21st century and raised difficulties for teachers who have to tailor their instruction to various classes of children. Inclusion and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) constitute a area of considerable research importance in today's society. In that sense, teachers' attitudes towards ICT play a significant part towards an egalitarian classroom. This article summarizes several findings of something like a research aimed at deciding how well the educator are using and implementing information and communication technology (ICT) in comprehensive classes. These would not only recognize causes which foster sustainable academic strategies enabled through ICT. This analysis is primarily focused along the supplementary database approach used. This will further encourage equitable as well as cultural initiatives within educational ecosystems and therefore is identified as that of a significant element well into the implementation of appropriate academic practices with perhaps the help of ICT.
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