Look Up Aim High: Research Methodology in the Field of Special Education through ICT

Education

According to Rousseau, "We receive education from three sources, Nature, men and things". The spontaneous development of our organs and faculties constitutes the education of Nature, the use to which we are taught to put this development constitutes that given to us by men, and the acquirement of personal experience from surrounding objects constitutes that of things" (Vinoba).

Education through Head, Heart and Hand....M.K. Gandhi

Special Education

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is the federal law that defines and regulates special education. The law requires public schools to provide special education services to children ages 3 to 21 who meet certain criteria...Need special education in order to access the general education curriculum.

Special Education (also known as special needs education, aided education, exceptional education or special ed) is the practice of educating students in a way that addresses their individual differences and needs.

Special education is the practice of educating students in a way that addresses their individual differences and needs. Ideally, this process involves the individually planned and systematically monitored arrangement of teaching procedures, adapted equipment and materials, and accessible settings.

Research

Research comprises "creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of humans, culture and society, and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications.

Research means the systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions.

Methodology

A methodology is the systematic, theoretical analysis of the methods applied to a field of study. It comprises the theoretical analysis of the body of methods and principles associated with a branch of knowledge.

Research Methodology

Research methodology is the specific procedures or techniques used to identify, select, process, and analyze information about a topic. In a research paper, the methodology section allows the reader to critically evaluate a study's overall validity and reliability.

Research Methodology in Special Education

Disability

A physical or mental condition that limits a person's movements, senses, or activities is called disability.

Dept of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt of India
http://www.swavlambancard.gov.in/

Govt of USA

13 disability categories

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act lists 13 different disability categories under which three- through 21-year-olds are eligible for services. These categories are:

· autism

· deaf-blindness

· deafness

· emotional disturbance

· hearing impairment

· intellectual disability

· multiple disabilities

· orthopaedic impairment

· other health impairment

· specific learning disability

· speech or language impairment

· traumatic brain injury

· visual impairment (including blindness)

Source: https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/dll/cresource/q1/p01/13-disability-categories/

Rehabilitation Council of India

Vission

To create an environment that facilitates the highest standards in human resource development in the disability sector based on principles of human rights and inclusion.

Mission

To ensure enhancement in the quality of existing and emerging human resource development programmes in disability rehabilitation and to address the life cycle needs of persons with disabilities across the country, including those from remote and less-served areas.