SPSMP_SPOF Teaching the Visually Impaired

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/4/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Petra Röderová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Marie Vítková, CSc.
Department of Special and Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: PhDr. Mgr. Ilona Fialová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Special and Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
Finished basic course of pedagogy of visually impaired.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main objective of the course is a detailled information about pedagogy of visually impaired. At the end of the course, students should understand and use data about: Categories of people with visual impairment, occurrence and causes, children with multiple handicap, deaf-blind children, peculiarities of psychical process by visually impaired, system of schools for visually impaired, counselling, special educational centres, technical aids, visual stimulation, mobility, guide dogs, spare time activities for visually impaired, vocational training, quality of life in visually impaired.
Syllabus
  • Okruhy: 1. Paradigm of pedagogy of visually impaired. History and development of support of visually impaired in the Czech republic and abroad.
  • 2. The target group of visually impaired. Classifications.
  • 3. Impact of visual impairment on personality of an individual (reception, thinking, attention, behavior, speech). Psychomotor development of a severly visually impaired child.
  • 4. Physiology of vision. Development of vision.
  • 5. Visual impairments, etiology. Examining of vision and visual functions.
  • 6. Early intervention - theoretical background, forms and service. Centres of early intervention for visually impaired children and their families.
  • 7. A child with visual impairment in a preschool age. (preschool support and care, children with low vision and problems with binocular vision).
  • 8. A child with visual impairment in a school age. Education of pupils with visual impairment, didactic recommendations.
  • 9. Educational system of pupils with visual impairment in the Czech republic. Teaching Braille.
  • 10. Compensatory aids for people with visual impairment. Use of PC and special aids, use in the educational process.
  • 11. Communication of blind people and people with low vision. Teaching and learning Braille. Approach to information.
  • 12. Integration/ Inklusion. Current trends in care and education of visually impaired in the Czech republic and abroad.
  • 13. Intervention and counselling - providers of social services
  • 14. Mobility.
  • 15. A child with multiple impairment. Communication and education of deaf-blind people.
  • 16. Vocational training for visually impaired. Choosing a job.
  • 17. Possibilities of development of key competencies by pupils and students with visual impairment. Personal strategies.
  • 18. Identity and authonomy, acceptance of visual impairment and quality of life in blind people and pople with low vision.
  • 19. Sport and arts in people with visual impairment.
Literature
    required literature
  • RÖDEROVÁ, Petra, Zita NOVÁKOVÁ and Lea KVĚTOŇOVÁ. Oftalmopedie. Texty k distančnímu vzdělávání (Pedagogy of visually impaired. Texts for long distance studies). Brno: Paido, 2007, 124 pp. Edice pedagogické literatury. ISBN 978-80-7315-159-1. info
    recommended literature
  • KOCHOVÁ, Klára and Markéta SCHAEFEROVÁ. Dítě s postižením zraku : rozvíjení základních dovedností od raného po školní věk. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2015, 174 s. ISBN 9788026207825. info
  • RÖDEROVÁ, Petra. Specifika ve vzdělávání žáků se zrakovým postižením (Specific Features in Teaching Pupils with Visual Impairments). In Bartoňová, M., Vítková, M. et al. Specifika ve vzdělávání žáků se speciálními vzdělávacími potřebami v inkluzivním prostředí základní školy. Specific Features in Teaching Pupils with Special Educational Needs in an Inculusive Learning Environment in Primary Schools. 1. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, p. 155-171. ISBN 978-80-210-6646-5. info
  • FINKOVÁ, Dita, Libuše LUDÍKOVÁ and Veronika RŮŽIČKOVÁ. Speciální pedagogika osob se zrakovým postižením. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2007, 158 s. ISBN 9788024418575. info
  • KUDELOVÁ, Ivana and Lea KVĚTOŇOVÁ. Malé dítě s těžkým poškozením zraku : raná péče o dítě se zrakovým a kombinovaným postižením. Brno: Paido, 1996, 41 s. ISBN 8085931249. info
    not specified
  • RÖDEROVÁ, Petra. Edukace osob se zrakovým postižením v osobnostním pojetí (Personality Development and Education of Persons with Visual Impairment). 1. dotisk 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2016, 203 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-8091-1. info
  • RÖDEROVÁ, Petra. Edukace a profesní příprava osob se zrakovým postižením (Education and vocational training of visually impaired). In Pipeková, J. (ed.) Kapitoly ze speciální pedagogiky. 3., přeprac. a rozšíř. vyd. Brno: Paido Brno, 2010, p. 273-288. ISBN 978-80-7315-198-0. info
Teaching methods
lectures, practical examples, video, discussion
Assessment methods
Final examination; PowerPoint presentation of a selected theme, semester paper, attendance min. 70%
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Zapisují studenti specializace Více vad a Psychopedie.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016.
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