SOp185 Basics of Special Education 5 Visual Impairments

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Petra Röderová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Mgr. et Mgr. Radka Janošková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Martin Vrubel, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
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: Institute for Research in Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
SOp185/01: Mon 18:00–19:50 učebna 24, R. Janošková
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 aim of the course is to know the basic information about pedagogy of visually impaired. At the end of the course students should understand and work with information on: Classification of visual impairment, occurrence and causes, children with low vision, partially sighted, blind children, children with multiple disabilities, deafblind children, system of education, types of schools for students with visual impairment, counselling and social services, technical aids, visual stimulation, mobility, guide dogs.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to: - use the basic terminology and classification of visual impairment - to describe a counseling system for the visually impaired with a focus on early and school age and on adulthood - to focus on basic aids and measures that are used by people with visual impairments in the field of education and everyday life - to describe the influence of severe visual impairment on human personality in psychological processes and to understand the issue of multiple disability
Syllabus
  • 1. Basic terminology. The history of support of visually impaired people in and around the world. 2. Anatomy of eye. 3. Physiology of the vision process. Development of visual perception. Basic examination of visual functions. 4. Basic pathology of vision in childhood and adulthood. Speech defects. 5. Technical aids for the visually impaired and blind. 6. Early intervention - the theoretical basis of early care, forms and services of.Centers (Clients and Services) 7. Personality of a visually impaired person. (Perception, thinking, attention, behavior, speech). Psychomotor development of a visually impaired child. 8. Visually impaired child at pre-school age (pre-school education of the sight of the affected child, child with disturbed binocular vision and reeducation of these defects) 9. The system of education of pupils with visual impairments in the Czech Republic. Education of pupils with a visual impairment. Braille. 10. Multiple disabilities. 11. Counselling and intervention: service providers, service specifications. 12. Communication with visually impaired people. Basics of Guidance. Common mistakes.
Literature
    required literature
  • RÖDEROVÁ, Petra, Lea KVĚTOŇOVÁ and Zita NOVÁKOVÁ. Oftalmopedie : texty k distančnímu vzdělávání. Brno: Paido - edice pedagogické literatury, 2007, 125 s. ISBN 9788073151454. info
  • VRUBEL, Martin. Facilitátory a bariéry školní a sociální inkluze osob se zrakovým postižením (Facilitators and barriers of school and social inclusion of people with visual impairment). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2015, 186 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-8022-5. info
  • PIPEKOVÁ, J. Kapitoly ze speciální pedagogiky. 2. rozšíené a pepracované vydání. Brno: Paido 2006. ISBN 80-7315-120-0.
    recommended literature
  • HROMÁDKOVÁ, Lada. Šilhání. Vyd. 3., nezměn. Brno: Národní centrum ošetřovatelství a nelékařských zdravotnických oborů, 2011, 162 s. ISBN 9788070135303. info
  • HYCL, Josef and Lucie VALEŠOVÁ. Atlas oftalmologie. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Triton, 2003, 151 s. ISBN 8072543822. info
    not specified
  • ROZSÍVAL, Pavel. Oční lékařství. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 2006, 373 s. ISBN 8024612135. 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
  • VOKURKA, M., HUGO, J. a kol. Praktický slovník medicíny. Praha: Maxdorf, 2000. ISBN 80-85912-38-4
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, M. Oftalmopsychologie dtského vku. Praha: Karolinum, 1985. ISBN 80-7184-053-X
  • KVTOOVÁ-ŠVECOVÁ, L., KUDELOVÁ I., Malé dít s tžkým poškozením zraku, Paido, Brno, 1996
  • KEBLOVÁ, A. Kompenzaní pomcky pro zrakov postižené žáky ZŠ. Praha: Septima, 1996
  • SOURALOVÁ, E., LUDÍKOVÁ, L. Vzdlávání hluchoslepých dtí I, II, Scientia, Praha 2000
  • KEBLOVÁ, A. Integrované vzdlávání dtí se zrakovým postižením. Praha: Septima, 1996. ISBN 80-85801-65
  • FINKOVÁ, Dita, Libuše LUDÍKOVÁ and Veronika RŮŽIČKOVÁ. Speciální pedagogika osob se zrakovým postižením. 1st ed. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2007. ISBN 978-80-244-1857-5. info
  • SMÝKAL, Josef. Tyflopedický lexikon jmenný. 2. vyd. V Brně: Technické muzeum, 2006, 455 s. ISBN 8086413306. info
  • ŘEHŮŘEK, Jaroslav and Dětská oční klinika DN Brno,a LF MU Brno. Možnosti reedukace zraku při kombinovaném postižení (Reeducation and management of involved sight in mixed involvement .). 1999th ed. Brno: PAIDO, 1999, 94 pp. Možnosti reedukace zraku při kombin, postižení. ISBN 80-85931-75-3. info
Teaching methods
seminar, discussion, practical examples, video
Assessment methods
oral exam or written test (70% of correct answers is needed to pass), Test, Participation. Attendance min. 70%.Seminar paper.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2018, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2019, recent)
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