CURRICULUM APPROACHES IN SPECIAL-EDUCATION COMPUTING

There have been many changes in the way educators have approached computing in their schools over the last two decades brought about, to a large extent, by an increase in the availability and sophistication of both computers and software. Unfortunately, there is still a strong emphasis on drill and practice and a reluctance to experiment with more creative approaches to educational computing. This position paper outlines five different curriculum models which should be of particular interest to those involved in special education computing.