SPc604 Basics of Education of Individuals with Visual Impairments

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/0/.8. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Petra Röderová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jitka Šťastná (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petra Röderová, Ph.D.
Department of Special and Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: PhDr. Petra Röderová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Special and Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
SPc604/01: Sat 8. 10. 15:00–18:50 Virtuální místnost, Sat 10. 12. 8:00–11:50 učebna 35, Sat 17. 12. 8:00–11:50 učebna 35, P. Röderová
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. Definition of the field. History of care for the visually impaired in our country and abroad. 2. Physiology of the vision process. Development of visual perception. Basic examination of visual functions. 3. Basic pathology of vision in children and adults from a functional point of view. Manifestations of defects. 4. Special aids for the visually impaired and the blind. 5. Early intervention - goals, offer of services, specifics of support and intervention. 6. Personality of a person with visual impairment, influence on mental processes (perception, thinking, attention, behavior, speech and communication) and on the psychomotor development of a child. 7. Child with visual impairment in preschool age (preschool education, child with impaired binocular vision and reeducation of these defects) 8. Possibilities of education of visually impaired pupils in the Czech Republic, educational needs and support measures. Braille. Mobility. 9. Visual impairment as a part of combined disability. 10. Counseling and intervention: service providers, service specifications. 11. Communication with visually impaired people. Basics of accompaniment.
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
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, M. Oftalmopsychologie dtského vku. Praha: Karolinum, 1985. ISBN 80-7184-053-X
    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
  • KEBLOVÁ, A. Integrované vzdlávání dtí se zrakovým postižením. Praha: Septima, 1996. ISBN 80-85801-65
  • SOURALOVÁ, E., LUDÍKOVÁ, L. Vzdlávání hluchoslepých dtí I, II, Scientia, Praha 2000
  • KEBLOVÁ, A. Kompenzaní pomcky pro zrakov postižené žáky ZŠ. Praha: Septima, 1996
  • 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
  • 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.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 10 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2022, recent)
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