Manuscript received March 14, 2023; revised March 28, 2023; accepted April 10, 2023.
Abstract—The application of educational technology in
special education is mainly to provide more convenient learning
conditions for special students, so that special students can
receive more learning opportunities and convenience. At this
point, special education teachers’ acceptance of technology has
become a crucial factor in improving the learning efficiency and
effect of special students. Based on the Technology Acceptance
Model (TAM), this study conducted a questionnaire survey of
112 special education teachers at different stages to investigate
the level of special education educators’ acceptance and
continuous use trend of educational information technology by
descriptive statistics. Besides, t-test and ANOVA will be adapted
to discuss the impact of various factors on the technology
acceptance model. The results manifest that special education
teachers’ educational technology acceptance was above average,
but perception of the using easiness needs improvement. In
addition, the educational technology acceptance levels of special
education teachers are different in gender and teaching stages.
Based on this, the article puts forward suggestions on the future
of application of technology in special education from the three
stages (identification & evaluation, training support and
technical assistance) and two elements (family engagement and
differentiated instruction).
Index Terms—Special education, TAM, educational
technology, technology assistance
The authors are with the School of Early Childhood Education, Shanghai
Normal University Tianhua College, Shanghai, 201815, China.
*Correspondence: jingyunqi19@163.com (Y.J.)
Cite: Xue Xia, Boyu Chen, Min Feng, and Yunqi Jing*, "A Study on Educational Technology Acceptance of Special Education Teachers in Language Teaching Based on TAM Model," International Journal of Information and Education Technology vol. 13, no. 10, pp. 1591-1596, 2023.
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