SPk804 Education for Pupils with Visual Impairments

Faculty of Education
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/0/.7. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
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.
Supplier department: Department of Special and Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
SPk804/OS01: Fri 4. 5. 7:30–14:40 učebna 53, P. Röderová
Prerequisites
Finished basic course of education of visually impaired.
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 main objective of the course is a detailled information about education and support of visually impaired. At the end of the course, students should understand and work with information on: Categories of people with visual impairment, occurrence and causes, 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, quality of life in visually impaired.
Syllabus
  • The target group of people with visual impairment. Effect of visual impairment on an individual's personality (perception, thinking, attention, behavior, speech). Psychomotor development of a child with severe visual impairment.
  • Physiology of vision process. Development of visual perception.
  • Visual impairment, types of visual impairment, etiology, symptoms. Diagnostics of vision and visual functions from the perspective of a special educator.
  • Early intervention, forms and services.
  • Child with severe visual impairment at pre-school age (pre-school education of blind and sighted children, child with disturbed binocular vision and reeducation)
  • Child with severe visual impairment in school age. Specifics of teaching, didactical recommendations, support provision.
  • Compensatory aids for visually impaired and work with them. Use of computer technology in education of visually impaired.
  • The system of education of pupils with visual impairments in the Czech Republic.
  • Communication of persons with visual impairment - Braille -teaching and writing. Access to information.
  • Counselling and intervention: social service providers, services and counselling.
  • Mobility of visually impaired.
  • Child with multiple disabilities. Deafblindness - Specifics of communication and education of deafblind people.
  • Vocational training for people with visual impairment.
  • Possibilities of developing the key competences in pupils and students with visual impairment. Autonomy.
Literature
    required literature
  • RÖDEROVÁ, Petra, Zita NOVÁKOVÁ and Lea KVĚTOŇOVÁ. Oftalmopedie. Texty k distančnímu vzdělávání (Pedagogy of visually impaired. Texts for long distance studies). Brno: Paido, 2007, 124 pp. Edice pedagogické literatury. ISBN 978-80-7315-159-1. info
Teaching methods
lectures, video, discussion
Assessment methods
Final oral examination or test (70% of correct answers is needed to pass); seminar paper, attendance min. 70%.
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: 8 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2019.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2018, recent)
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