SPSPC_ZSP5 Introduction to Special Education 5 - Teaching the Visually Impaired

Faculty of Education
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/0/8. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Helena Vaďurová, Ph.D., M.Sc. (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.
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
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, technical aids, visual stimulation, mobility, guide dogs.
Syllabus
  • 1. Paradigm of education of visually impaired. History and development of support of visually impaired in the Czech republic and abroad. 2. Impact of visual impairment on personality (reception, thinking processes, attention, behavior, speech). Psychomotor development of a child with profound visual impairment. 3. Anatomy of an eye. 4. Physiology of vision. Development of vision. 5. Classification of visual impairments, etiology. Assesmentof 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 for pupils with visual impairment in the Czech republic. Teaching Braille. 10. Integration/ Inclusion. Current trends in care and education of students with visual impairment in the Czech republic and abroad. 11. Care and support of people with received visual impairment - Tyfloservis o.p.s., Tyflocentrum o.p.s., SONS, Centre of Social Care, Centre of Rehabilitation and Training in Prague - Dědina. 12. Independent movement. 13. A child with multiple impairment. Education of deaf-blind people.
Literature
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  • JESENSKÝ, J. Edukace a rehabilitace zrakov postižených na prahu nového milénia. Hradec Králové. Gaudeamus. 2002. ISBN 80-7041-041-8
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  • PIPEKOVÁ, J. Kapitoly ze speciální pedagogiky. 2. rozšíené a pepracované vydání. Brno: Paido 2006. ISBN 80-7315-120-0.
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  • 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
  • MÜLLER, Oldřich. Dítě se speciálními vzdělávacími potřebami v běžné škole. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2001, 289 s. ISBN 8024402319. 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
  • ŠVECOVÁ, Lea. Výchova a vzdělávání dětí se zrakovými vadami (The education of children with visual impairment). In Možnosti reedukace zraku při kombinovaném postižení. Brno: Paido, 1999, p. 27-40. ISBN 80-85931-75-3. info
  • KVĚTOŇOVÁ, Lea. Oftalmopedie. Brno: Paido - edice pedagogické literatury, 1998, 66 s. ISBN 8085931508. info
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Assessment methods
oral exam or written test, seminar work
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: 8 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022.
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