Volume : 5, Issue : 4, April - 2016

Application of Technology by Visually Impaired Teachers for Teaching Competency

Mrs. M. Revathi, Prof. G. Victoria Naomi

Abstract :

<p>&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;After the decade of seventies will see an increasing number of visually impaired teachers functioning in classrooms at levels and in all subjects. Today&amp;amp;rsquo;s classroom is very challenging to any teacher due to diversity of student population. Many technological developments have contributed to some visually impaired teachers to do their job effectively. The present study was aimed to find out the Application of Technology by Visually Impaired Teachers for Teaching Competency. A sample of 60 teachers with 30 each from Schools and Higher Education Programme was selected and a rating scale was administered to explore the various technologies used for their teaching competency and application of technology for teaching competency skills. The results revealed that the Visually impaired teachers&amp;amp;rsquo; application of technology for teaching competency at moderate level and there is positive correlation between Application of Technology and Teaching Competency skills such as Teaching Method, Evaluation, Classroom Orientation and Independency.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;</p>