INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AS A LEARNING CHALLENGE FOR STUDENTS WITH MODERATE INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY

Alexandros Chatzoglou

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This paper shows some of the challenges that emerge while teaching Information Technologies to students with a moderate degree of intellectual disability. The authors present and summarize the possible perspectives of both teachers and students during the teaching process of this school subject.

 

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information technologies, IT, moderate intellectual disability, teaching process, students, teachers

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.46827/ejse.v8i4.4482

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