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Covid-19 Pandemic And Special Education Teacher Voices, Rama Cousik
Covid-19 Pandemic And Special Education Teacher Voices, Rama Cousik
The Qualitative Report
The pandemic caused by COVID-19 created havoc in schools across the world as it necessitated school closures and lockdowns, and/or a sudden switch to an online mode of learning. Although all children and teachers were adversely affected, children with disabilities faced additional problems. Special education teachers bore the burden of having to continue providing high quality special education in the face of these challenges. In this paper, I present findings from a survey of special education teachers through use of qualitative and arts-based research technics.
The Determinants Of The Development Of Russian Assistive Technologies Market: Analysis Of Experts’ Interviews, Aleksandra Goriainova, Alina Pishnyak, Elena Khabirova
The Determinants Of The Development Of Russian Assistive Technologies Market: Analysis Of Experts’ Interviews, Aleksandra Goriainova, Alina Pishnyak, Elena Khabirova
The Qualitative Report
Not all people with disabilities are provided with assistive technologies and devices (ATD) they need. The Russian researchers appeal to the development of assistive technologies, however, focus only on one specific social objective of ATD provision or on engineering, economic and production aspects of the problem. This study identifies the key determinants of the development of the assistive technologies market in Russia and trends over the next 10–15 years. We conducted a qualitative study using a grounded theory based on open and axial coding procedure. We collected data using semi-structured interviews with 12 experts recruited through snowball sampling with multiple …