PdF:SP_OPSP Spacial Orientation - Course Information
SP_OPSP Spatial Orientation of the Visually Impaired
Faculty of EducationSpring 2018
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Martin Vrubel, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Bc. Petr Karásek (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Marie Vítková, CSc.
Institute for Research in 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
- SP_OPSP/01: Tue 27. 2. 15:45–19:15 Tyfloservis, Tue 6. 3. 15:45–19:15 učebna 19a, Tue 13. 3. 15:45–19:15 Tyfloservis, Tue 20. 3. 15:45–19:15 Tyfloservis, Tue 27. 3. 15:45–19:15 Tyfloservis, Tue 3. 4. 15:45–19:15 Tyfloservis, P. Karásek
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- SP7BP_SP1b Specialisation 1b: Education of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities || SP4BP_SPP1 Specialization: Education of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities 1 || SP4MP_SPOF Teaching the Visually Impaired || SPSMP_SPOF Teaching the Visually Impaired
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 10 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/10, only registered: 0/10 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 56 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- Students get the information about the art of science of teaching orientation and mobility, possibilities of support in mobility with other person or alone. At the end of the course students should: understand the background of mobility; know the use of personal strategies in mobility and the use of assistive technologies. Lectures are organised mostly outdoors.
- Learning outcomes
- Student understands the principles of independent movement and orientation in the area of blind persons; he / she knows strategies of independent movement and the use of compensatory senses and aids.
- Syllabus
- Mobility in blind persons.
- Trailling. Use of white cane.
- Guiding and orientation lines.
- Making tracks and their training.
- Mobility with a guide.
- The use od personal strategies in mobility in/ and ooutdoors.
- The use of assistive technologies.
- Literature
- JACOBSON, William Henry. The art and science of teaching orientation and mobility to persons with visual impairments. Second edition. New York: AFB Press, 2013, xvii, 389. ISBN 0891284745. info
- WIENER, Pavel. Prostorová orientace zrakově postižených. 3., upr. vyd. Praha: [Institut rehabilitace zrakově postižených UK FHS], 2006, 168 s. ISBN 8023967754. info
- Teaching methods
- lectures, practical excercises in mobility with white cane
- Assessment methods
- The course credit: making practical assignments, participation in lectures is essencial. Essay about mobility in blind persons - a personal view/mobility plan.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
General note: Zapisují studenti, kteří budou v následném magisterském studiu studovat více vad.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2018, recent)
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