Integrated adaptive skills program model (IASP)

Integrated Adaptive Skills Program Model (IASP) is designed to offer supportive services to disabled students seeking to integrate into a local after-school program. IASP Model focuses on teaching adaptive skills to disabled students that would prepare them to be fully included into an after-school program with their same age peers. The program offers support, training, and consultation to the students and staff involved in the program. A variety of research-methods and assessment screening tools are used to determine eligibility and program implementation. The IASP Model was piloted during the 2011-2012 school year, in California, United States, but due to limited local and state funds the program could not continue. Students with disabilities deserve to be involved in the community and should not be excluded based on funds. Teaching and educating others on how to integrate students with disabilities into programs will minimize and/or eliminate exclusion of participating in recreation programs within residing communities.https://scholar.dominican.edu/books/1179/thumbnail.jp

Proceedings of Braga 2014 Embracing Inclusive Approaches for Children and Youth with Special Education Needs Conference

This e-book, which is published under the title Braga 2014: Embracing Inclusive Approaches for Children and Youth with Special Education Needs contains a set of papers submitted by the authors in an international conference during July 2014 with the same name. Practitioners, researchers, policy makers, and NGOs from around the world joined their international colleagues to engage in lively and informed discussions about the current state of the art in meeting the needs of children and youth with special educational needs. Topic areas included research, practice, policy, advocacy, and the arts in special education. The conference was co–hosted by The Division of International Special Education and Services (DISES) and the University of Minho in cooperation with the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC). As more and more countries around the world strive towards the goals of the Education for All initiative, education systems are turning to increasingly inclusive approaches in order to meet the needs of children and youth who have traditionally been excluded from mainstream education. Research and practice have shown abundant benefits, both academic and social, to all children and youth involved in inclusive education programs. However, simply placing children with special educational needs in mainstream classrooms without appropriate planning, commitment, and support does not guarantee positive outcomes. In this exciting and prestigious international event, participants will share and learn about evidenced–based practices with an emphasis on access, quality, and equity; creative, comprehensive inclusive education approaches; innovations in creating inclusive schools; and integrating research into practice to create stronger links with stakeholders. A special strand focusing on the Arts in Special Education provides a rich forum for special education professionals to build upon innovative practices that encourage creative thinking, draw upon diverse abilities expressed through the arts and develops the individual in ways that traditional academic instruction fails to do so. Finally, the organizers want to emphasize the commitment and systematic work of Paula Frapiccini Ferreira in preparing this e-book.This edition is funded by National Funds through FCT - Foundation for Science and Technology for the Research Center on Education- PEst-OE/CED/UI1661/2014, CIE

Análise de redes sociais e o sucesso académico: um estudo com ‘grupos’ de alunos no facebook

Os adolescentes são cada vez mais utilizadores assíduos dos sites de redes sociais, disponibilizados na Web 2.0. Assim, desenvolvemos um projeto de investigação sobre o impacto que a colaboração e comunicação online, efetuada através da rede social Facebook, pode ter no rendimento escolar dos alunos na disciplina de Introdução às Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (ITIC). Este projeto foi implementado no ano letivo de 2011/2012, a alunos de duas turmas do 9º ano de escolaridade, pertencentes a duas escolas públicas dos concelhos de Oeiras e Cascais. A escolha destas duas escolas prende-se com o facto de, em cada uma destas, ter sido adotado abordagem pedagógicas distintas: uma mais expositiva e outra socioconstrutivista. Os dados recolhidos demonstram que a interação online revela-se positiva e significativamente associada ao rendimento académico dos alunos.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Tendências nas metodologias de investigação na área das tecnologias na educação: uma análise da investigação de cursos pós-graduados entre 2005 e 2013

A problemática das abordagens metodológicas adotadas em estudos de natureza académica na área das Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (TIC) na Educação é uma preocupação que, enquanto investigadores, devemos ter sempre presentes. Assume-se que uma apreciação das escolhas efetuadas no domínio das metodologias de investigação tem implicações profundas e determinantes na qualidade dos resultados produzidos. Para além da explicitação de uma agenda de trabalho visando a análise da investigação realizada em Portugal em cursos de pós-graduação universitários, neste artigo apresenta-se os resultados de uma análise realizada aos trabalhos académicos de pós-graduação aprovados entre 2005 e 2013 em provas públicas de mestrado e doutoramento na área genérica de TIC na Educação que se encontram publicamente disponíveis nos repositórios das instituições de ensino superior portuguesas visando assim apresentar, de forma abrangente, o panorama metodológico dos trabalhos académicos atualmente desenvolvidos na área.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio