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Education of people with mental disabilities in the field of information and communication technologies
BRTNOVÁ, Michaela
Pupils with mental disabilities use modern technologies not only in the subject of Information and Communication Technologies but also in other subjects. If information and communication technologies are appropriately involved in the educational process, they can help to provide effective teaching and integration into social life (Zikl et. al., 2011). The Bachelor thesis is divided into theoretical and practical part and appendices. The theoretical part consists of two chapters. The first chapter contains a definition of the concept of mental disability and mental retardation, classification of mental disability, characteristics of individual stages of mental disability and specific peculiarities of children with mental disabilities. In the second chapter I focus on modern technologies used in education, on special hardware and software end and at the end chapter I deal with the use of information and communication technologies for children in all stages of mental disabilities. The practical part of the Bachelor's thesis is done in the form qualitative research and in the form of interviews and their subsequent analysis. The research group included people with mental disabilities and teacher. The objective of the thesis is to find out how people with mental disabilities access ICT and how they work with them. In accordance with the defined objective,the following research questions were formulated: VO1: "What kind of approach do people with a mental disabilities have to information and communication technologies?" VO2: "How people with a mental disabilities approach information and communication technologies.What strategies and approaches do people with a mental handicap use?"VO3: "Which information and communication technologies do people with a mental disabilities use? The following factors emerged from the qualitative analysis: availability of modern technologies, degree of disability, a different view, communication, entertainment, the means of education, the time spent on the computer, the check, development of mental processes, formation of social relationships, individual approach, the search, the Subject of Information and Communication Technologies, computer mouse, keyboard, printer, mobile phone, tablet, interactive whiteboard, Youtube, WhatsApp, Messenger, Facebook, Google Chrome, painting, writing, Microsoft Word The Bachelor thesis will be used as material for students, staff or parents.
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