SPp025 Supporting Specific Competencies by Visually Impaired

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Petra Röderová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Bc. Petr Karásek (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Radek Pavlíček (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petra Röderová, Ph.D.
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
SPp025/01: Tue 16:00–17:50 Tyfloservis, P. Karásek
Prerequisites
Precondition is to finish the basic course of special pedagogy of visually impaired.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 12 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/12, only registered: 0/12, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/12
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Students get the information about the possibilities of strenghtening the specific competences in people with visual impairment with a practical instruction. Main objectives can be summarized as follows: students should understand and learn the use of different types of remedial and compensatory aids, low-vision devices - theory and practice; to learn the IT for visually impaired persons - special software and hardware.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course the student will be able to work with various types of reeducational and compensatory aids for visually impaired people.
Syllabus
  • 1. Services of support centres Tyfloservis, o.p.s. a regional centres TyfloCentrum
  • 2. Compensatory aids, current legislation
  • 3. Visual impairment and its simulation
  • 4. Optical aids for near distance
  • 5. Spectacle Magnifiers, hyperoculars
  • 6. Optical aids for middle distance:systems Galileo, Kepler
  • 7. Optical aids for distance: monoculars, systems Galileo, Kepler
  • 8. Non-optical aids: use of writing by persons with low vision and by blind people
  • 9. Computer and television screen magnifiers
  • 10. Elektronical daily organizers for blind persons (ntb, PAC Mate, Aria, RPT). Talking mobile phones
  • 11. Braille monitor display and Braille printer
  • 12. Use of PC by persons with visual impairment, speciál software and hardware. Other services for visually impaired people.
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
  • KEBLOVÁ, Alena. Čich a chuť u zrakově postižených. Praha: Septima, 1999, 30 stran. ISBN 8072160818. info
  • KEBLOVÁ, Alena. Hmat u zrakově postižených. Praha: Septima, 1999, 40 stran. ISBN 8072160850. info
  • KEBLOVÁ, Alena. Kompenzační pomůcky pro zrakově postižené žáky ZŠ. Druhé upravené vydání. Praha: Septima, 1999, 27 stran. ISBN 8072161040. info
  • KEBLOVÁ, Alena. Sluchové vnímání u zrakově postižených. Praha: Septima, 1999, 30 s. ISBN 807216080X. info
    recommended literature
  • KEBLOVÁ, Alena. Zrakově postižené dítě. 1. vyd. Praha: Septima, 2001, 67 s. ISBN 8072161911. info
  • KEBLOVÁ, Alena. Integrované vzdělávání dětí se zrakovým postižením. 2. upr. vyd. Praha: Septima, 1998, 91 s. ISBN 8072160516. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion, practical excercises
Assessment methods
Lectures take place in special centres for visually impaired Tyfloservis, o.p.s. and other special organizations. Students get a practical instruction in use of compensatory aids. Lectures are essencial for getting a credit, as well as an essay about special aids.
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 2017, Autumn 2018, autumn 2020.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2019, recent)
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