2024 Volume 48 Issue 4 Pages 729-738
In this study, a questionnaire survey on the GIGA school concept and the utilization of ICT was administered to teachers and parents respectively, while promoting the GIGA school concept and conducting practices and workshops aimed at improving children's ability to use information. The results of the questionnaire to the teachers showed that they started to understand the goals and contents of the GIGA School Concept and to gain confidence in the use of ICT because of the implementation of the educational practices and workshops. In contrast, teachers who lacked confidence in utilizing ICT were less likely to increase their confidence even after participating in the workshops. The results of the questionnaire to the parents showed that they felt it was more important than the teachers to improve children's education using the educational ICT environment and to improve their ability to use information. It is thought that there are expectations for ICT for the independence of children with intellectual disabilities and their participation in society. It was also considered that the take-home terminal is a way to promote the GIGA school concept, and that it has a significant role not only for children, but also for teachers and parents.
