The Difficulties Faced By Students With Special Needs In E-Learning From The Point Of View Of Teachers In Palestine

Abstract

This study aims to identify the difficulties faced by students with special needs in e-learning from the point of view of teachers in Palestine, as well as to identify the tools that teachers used in e-learning, and to reveal the difference in the presence of these difficulties according to the variables of gender, academic qualification, and Years of Experience. The importance of the study lies in the fact that it addresses an important segment of our students, namely students with special needs, which results in identifying the difficulties facing the teaching and e-learning process. School principals and teachers, based on the results of this study and its recommendations, may benefit from knowing the difficulties that teachers faced related to educational tools. Electronic. The researcher followed the descriptive approach for its suitability to the current study, and it also provides a realistic explanation of the factors related to the subject of the study. They prepared a questionnaire consisting of (20) items distributed over four areas. Its validity and reliability were examined, and a validity and reliability rate of (88%) was found. The study sample consisted of all teachers. The minimum basic stage, numbering (50) male and female teachers, for the 2023/2024 school year, according to the Directorate of Education in Jenin Governorate. The results showed that the degree of difficulties that came from (the educational content, the student, e-learning tools, and the teacher) that students with special needs faced from the teachers’ point of view was very high. The study recommended conducting training courses for teachers of people with special needs in order to develop their competencies in learning and e-learning, working to appoint young teachers who have the ability to apply e-learning, and working to develop electronic educational programs for curricula for the lower stage in schools.