Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
ANKARA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES JOURNAL OF SPECIAL EDUCATION, cilt.23, sa.4, ss.751-773, 2022 (ESCI)
Introduction: Amazing technological advances in transportation, health, communication, and education continue to facilitate our lives from past to present. Considering the developmental and professional characteristics of students with special needs; It is thought that educational technologies have a very important place in enriching the learning and teaching processes in terms of gaining competence.
Method: Previous studies on special education and educational technologies indexed in the Education Research Index (ERIC) database between 1960-2019 were reviewed with scientometric methods, and in this context, 22049 studies with “Special Education”, “Educational Technology” labels are obtained. This study, carried out by using content analysis, is a descriptive/depictive study in terms of purpose.
Findings: One of the most important findings of this study is that the word “handicapped” was used in the abstract parts of articles in 1980s and early 1990s. However, it was later replaced with “disability”. Another significant finding of the study is that computers are often used as a technology tool in special education. Accordingly, it can be said that studies from past to present have been focusing on school and there is a consistency in the articles on educational programs. It is thought that the computer software used in obtaining this result has an effect considering the results on trends in real life skills related to children and teachers who also play an important role in the study
Discussion: Based on the findings, it is recommended to future researchers to renew curriculum programs in this
direction and arrange them by making use of technological development to include the target audience which is
not only families but also teacher candidates.