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The Internet: a New Frontier for Pupils with Severe Learning Difficulties?
Author(s) -
Banes David,
Walter Richard
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
british journal of special education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.349
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1467-8578
pISSN - 0952-3383
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8527.00007
Subject(s) - frontier , the internet , mathematics education , psychology , special educational needs , pedagogy , medical education , sociology , special education , computer science , medicine , history , world wide web , archaeology
David Banes, Headteacher, and Richard Walter, IT co‐ordinator, describe ways in which the Internet has been used by a group of pupils with complex needs at Meldreth Manor school. The rationale, some teaching techniques and methods of evaluating the experiment are discussed, and a range of issues requiring further investigation are identified.