SP4BK_SP2e Specialisation 2e - Teaching the Visually Impaired

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/0/40. 18 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Mgr. Zita Nováková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
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
Elementary informations about visually impaired from previous study.
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
Students learn detailed informations about pedagogy of visually impaired in the Czech republic and abroad at the level of first special course. At the end of the course students should be able to work with information on the impact of visual impairment on personality, on educational and counselling for visually impaired.
Syllabus
  • 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. 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. 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 - 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.
Literature
  • Kapitoly ze speciální pedagogiky. 2006th ed. Brno: Paido, 2006. ISBN 80-7315-120-0. info
  • VÍTKOVÁ, Marie. Integrativní speciální pedagogika. Integrace školní a sociální (Integrative special education. Integration of school and social.). 2nd ed. Brno: Paido Brno, 2004, 463 pp. Edice pedagogické literatury. ISBN 80-7315-071-9. info
Teaching methods
lectures, discussion, practical examples
Assessment methods
Oral examination, PowerPoint presentation of a selected theme,seminar paper.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 40 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2010, recent)
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