Digital tools to promote the learning process of students with special needs

Abstract

Introduction: This research was carried out at the Remigio Crespo Toral Educational Unit located at the San Clemente site belonging to the Charapotó parish in the Sucre-Manabí canton. The study was based on demonstrating whether teachers use digital strategies in classes in the learning process of students with SEN, with the aim of including them in regular education at different educational levels by order of the Ministry of Education. The stated objective is to determine the use of digital tools to promote the learning process of students with these needs and for them to develop skills and abilities of significant knowledge for the development of their life in society. Materials and methods: The approach was mixed with simple random sampling. The population was determined by 12 teachers and 6 students with disabilities. Results: The results obtained in the study that was applied to the teachers of the Remigio Crespo Toral School of Basic Education, it was possible to verify that the vast majority of their teachers have knowledge of educational inclusion. Likewise, they have received training, although not in the same way or with all the necessary content for all types of disabilities, they have read the Regulations for students with special educational needs, the guide to curricular adaptations and they have used these adaptations to teach classes to their students. students. Discussion: It is important to mention that in the basic education parallels it is reflected that what the teachers answered agrees with the students and that the technological tools used have helped strengthen learning, although there is a latent concern in them due to the lack of connectivity to Internet. To solve this problem, collaboration between colleagues allows them to have access to all the technological tools that help them enrich their knowledge and have better learning skills. Conclusions: Government institutions in the educational field must develop new projects and proposals that contribute to the use of technological resources in such a way that they are used appropriately to create new ways of learning. Therefore, it is considered that each educational institution where a child with SEN is enrolled, has a human group prepared: Psychopedagogue, pediatrician, child psychologist, social worker to support the teacher in this work.