Interactive teaching strategies used by special education teachers in distance learning
List of Authors
  • Benjamin Carreon Siy Jr. , Nikka Apolinar Balicat

Keyword
  • Interactive Teaching Strategies, Special Education Teacher, Distance Learning

Abstract
  • This research looked into the interactive teaching strategies used by special education teachers in distance learning. The co-participants of the study consisted of eight (8) selected special education teachers who have been teaching at least in three (3) years and have a minimum 1 year teaching experience in distance learning. This study specifically used the case study qualitative approach to describe in-depth experiences of participants. The data were gathered through an interview schedule and the results of data collected were presented through a narrative analysis approach. Based from the collection of data, the following findings were draw: (1) in teaching distance learning requires a variety of online education platforms and teacher must have different set of interactive skills, (2) teaching strategies such as keeping students’ attention, positive reinforcement, parent-teacher collaboration, and classroom rules were some methods in delivering interactive class discussion, (3) special education teacher assessed their students' learning progress in three ways: through the use of various online assessment tools, oral recitation, and providing students with follow-up exercises, (4) study drew teacher guidelines on how to use Quizizz as an interactive platform in teaching distance learning. These findings were indeed the qualities of co-participants' stories that represent certain views and lived experiences in teaching distance learning.

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