SP4RC_SP2e Specialisation 2e Teching Visually Impaired

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2006
Extent and Intensity
0/32/0. 16 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.
Prerequisites
Finished basic course of pedagogy of visually impaired persons.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Specialization visual impairment Categories of people with visual impairment, occurrence and causes, dim-sighted children, children with low vision, blind children, astigmatic children, 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.
Syllabus
  • Okruhy: 1. Paradigm of pedagogy of visually impaired. History and development of support of visually impaired in the Czech republic and abroad. 2. Impact of visual impairment on personality of an individual (reception, thinking, attention, behavior, speech). Psychomotor development of a severly visually impaired child. 3. Anatomy of an eye. 4. Physiology of vision. Development of vision. 5. Impairments and defects types, 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. 9. Educational system of pupils with visual impairment in the Czech republic. Teaching Braille. 10. 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. Care and support of people with gained visual impairment - Tyfloservis o.p.s., Tyflocentrum o.p.s., SONS, Centre of social care, Centre of rehabilitation and retraining in Prag-Dědina. 14. Mobility. 15. A child with multiple impairment. Communication and education of deaf-blind people. 16. Organisations of / for visually impaired in the Czech republic and abroad. 17. Vocational training for visually impaired. Choosing a job. 18. Possibilities of development of key competencies by pupils and students with visuall impairment. 19. Identity and authonomy, acceptance of visual impairment and quality of life by blind people and pople with low vision. 20. Sport and arts by people with visual impairment.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Výuka formou semináře. Požadavky k ukončení - úspěšné složení ústní zkoušky, seminární práce.
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: in blocks.
General note: Specializace II. - na 1a navazuje 2c, na 1b je možnost výběru mezi 2d, 2e, 2f.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2006, recent)
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