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Abstract NUM 2482

THE ROLE OF TEACHERS' EXPERIENCE AND PSYCHOSOCIAL DETERMINANTS IN THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY TO PROMOTE EDUCATIONAL INCLUSION
M. Vilaça, P. Dias
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (PORTUGAL)
This study aims to understand the reality of inclusive education in Portugal during the pandemic situation of COVID-19. It focusses on a sample of 194 Portuguese teachers, aged from 25 to 66 years old (M = 50,25, SD = 8.78 years), mostly female (79.8%). Teachers answered a self report questionnaire to gather sociodemographic information, Teacher self-efficacy (Schmitz & Schwarzer, 1999), Attitudes Towards Disability, ICT readiness (Neyer et al., 2012) and inclusion experience. The results suggest significant relationships between the variables, particularly the role of self-efficacy and motivation using technologies to promote inclusion. More in-depth analyses and their discussion will be presented. Although the data was collected during the COVID-19 pandemic, at a very particular moment with several constraints, with teachers willing to embrace pedagogical innovation, implementing practices in an improvised basis and in a crisis situation, these data bring us implications for practice. The implications for future opportunities are therefore presented.

Keywords: Educational inclusion, technology.

Event: ICERI2025
Track: Multiculturality & Inclusion
Session: Inclusive Education
Session type: VIRTUAL