1st Edition
The Role of Assistive Technology in Fostering Inclusive Education Strategies and Tools to Support Change
Forward
Author: E.A. Draffan
Introduction
Authors: Ivan Traina, Katerina Mavrou and Evert-Jan Hoogerwerf
Chapter 1. "A Framework for Action"
Authors: Andrea Broderick, Delia Ferri and Fleur Heleen Boot
Chapter 2. "Defining objectives: A self-assessment tool for inclusive schools for improving the adoption and use of AT"
Authors: Katerina Mavrou and Evert-Jan Hoogerwerf
Chapter 3. "The choice and use of enabling technologies in educational environments: research findings and case report"
Authors: Ivan Traina, Bryan Boyle, Trish Mackeogh, Anita Yakkundi, John Owuor, Lisa Clinton, Alan D. Power, Lorenzo Desideri, Lisa Cesario, Arianna Gherardini, Aziz Rouame
Chapter 4. "The development of competences in Assistive Technology"
Author: Evert-Jan Hoogerwerf
Chapter 5. "Inclusive education and digital empowerment as part of wider societal challenges"
Authors: Evert-Jan Hoogerwerf and Katerina Mavrou
Biography
Evert-Jan Hoogerwerf is the Head of the Assistive Technology Sector of AIAS Bologna Onlus, Italy, and past president of the Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe.
Katerina Mavrou is an Associate Professor of Inclusive Education & Assistive Technology at the Department of Education Sciences, European University Cyprus.
Ivan Traina is a Post-doc Marie Curie Research fellow at the Department of Psychology, National University of Ireland Galway.
