Digital Competence, Special Education Teachers' training and attitude towards the ICT (information and communication technologies)

This essay shows the results of an investigation which aim is to evaluate the degree of digital competence of the special education teachers and know what type of attitude and training they have in Information and communication technologies (ICT). From a methodological point of view, it is a quantitative research developed in a descriptive way. A previously validated questionnaire was used of a sample of 50 special education teachers. Both: hearing and language teachers (AL) and therapeutic pedagogy teachers (PT). The teachers work in different schools: special education schools, common schools, either public, private or a Mixture of both. The results show a deficit in in the Digital Competence, although it is not very important. In the same way, we can say that the teachers' training is medium-low although, they have a positive attitude towards (ICTs)