Communicating with Parents of Children with Special Needs in Saudi Arabia: Parents' and Teachers' Perceptions of Using Email for Regular and Ongoing Communication

Autor/inn/en	Dubis, Snaa; Bernadowski, Carianne
Titel	Communicating with Parents of Children with Special Needs in Saudi Arabia: Parents' and Teachers' Perceptions of Using Email for Regular and Ongoing Communication
Quelle	In: British Journal of Special Education, 42 (2015) 2, S.166-182 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0952-3383
DOI	10.1111/1467-8578.12061
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Parent Attitudes; Special Education Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; Electronic Mail; Parent Participation; Special Needs Students; Interpersonal Communication; Parent Teacher Cooperation; Surveys; Preschool Children; Primary Education; Saudi Arabia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Elternverhalten; Special education; Teacher; Teachers; Sonderpädagoge; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Lehrerverhalten; Elektronischer Briefkasten; Elternmitwirkung; Sonderpädagogischer Förderbedarf; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Parent teacher relation; Parent-teacher cooperation; Parent-teacher relation; Parent-teacher relationship; Parent teacher relationship; Eltern-Lehrer-Beziehung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Primarbereich; Saudi-Arabien
Abstract	The purpose of this study, by Snaa Dubis from Salman Bin Abdu Aziz University, Saudi Arabia, and Robert Morris University, USA, and Carianne Bernadowski from Robert Morris University, was to investigate parents' and special education teachers' perceptions of using email as a component of parental involvement in the academic and/or behavioural performance at school of pupils with special needs. Survey research was utilised to measure parents' and teachers' perceptions of using email in Riyadh City in Saudi Arabia. The survey was distributed to 261 participants: 104 parents of preschool or primary school pupils with special needs and 157 special education teachers. The results indicated that in terms of attitudes and beliefs about using email, the majority of parents (78%, n = 81) and teachers (77%, n = 121) had a positive attitude toward using email to increase involvement and engagement between parents and teachers. Although email communication in the USA and Western Europe is quite widespread, the prospect of using technology for parental involvement is a new concept to many Saudi parents. Results indicate that both Saudi and non-Saudi parents and teachers would be willing to use email as the primary tool for communication between home and school. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01