Use and Knowledge of ICTs in Inclusive Education at Educational Levels

Abstract

The inclusion of people with special abilities is not only a right but also a moral duty on the part of the state, this research aims to describe the level of inclusive knowledge in teachers of different educational levels in Peru in times of Covid-19. The research is descriptive, correlational, predictive and quantitative, achieving an online survey of 520 teachers at the initial, primary, secondary, university and postgraduate levels, the measurement instrument consists of 25 questions divided into five blocks on knowledge of ICT in visual, hearing, cognitive, motor and web accessibility disabilities, using a five-point Likert-type scale. The statistical data showed a very good Cronbach's Alpha, as well as significant results in different statistical tests. The results of this research revealed that ICT knowledge for visual impairment, cognitive impairment, motor impairment and web accessibility has a low level while for the level ICT knowledge for hearing impairment has a high level. Concluding that there is a significant gap between disabilities, teacher knowledge about inclusive education in educational levels in Covid-19 times has a low. The teacher has a high level of ICT proficiency at all educational levels and the motivation to use ICT is regular because many applications and software are of limited access © 2022. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning.All Rights Reserved.