SP4BK_ZSP5 Ïntroducation to Special Education - Teaching the Visually Impaired

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/0/.7. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Mgr. et Mgr. Nora Jágerová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Petra Röderová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martin Vrubel, 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
Prerequisites (in Czech)
SOUHLAS
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 learning outcomes are the transfer of basic information from the field of pedagogy of the visually impaired with an emphasis on counseling and support for the independent life of blind and partially sighted people. Students will gain knowledge about the impact of visual impairment on quality of life, education system, special aids, counseling and intervention.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able after the course: - to understand the specific manifestations and effects of visual impairment on a person's personality and its development - able to classify visual impairment from different perspectives - Present the possibilities of counseling and education for persons with visual impairment in the Czech Republic - master the basics of guiding a visually impaired person - recommend basic special tools to handle the everyday life of a person with weakened vision and a of the blind
Syllabus
  • 1. Paradigm of education of visually impaired. History and development of support of visually impaired in the Czech republic and abroad. 2. Anatomy of an eye.3. Physiology of vision. Development of vision. 4. Classification of visual impairments, etiology. Assesmentof vision and visual functions. 5. A tools for people with visual impairment. 6. System of early care for children with visual impairment. 7. A Personality with visual disabilities - psychologist view. 8. A child with visual impairment in a preschool age. (preschool support and care, children with low vision and problems with binocular vision). 9. Educational system for pupils with visual impairment in the Czech republic. Braille. Integration/ Inclusion. Current trends in care and education of students with visual impairment in the Czech republic and abroad. 10. A multiple impairment. 11. Counselling and intervention - Tyfloservis o.p.s., Tyflocentrum o.p.s., SONS, Centre of Social Care, Centre of Rehabilitation and Training in Prague - Dědina. 12. Communication with persons with visual impairments. Orientation and Mobility.
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
  • 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
  • OPATŘILOVÁ, Dagmar a Zita NOVÁKOVÁ. Raná podpora a intervence u dětí se zdravotním postižením. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012. 321 s. ISBN 978-80-210-5880-4.
    recommended literature
  • HROMÁDKOVÁ, Lada. Šilhání. Vyd. 3., nezměn. Brno: Národní centrum ošetřovatelství a nelékařských zdravotnických oborů, 2011, 162 s. ISBN 9788070135303. info
  • HYCL, Josef and Lucie VALEŠOVÁ. Atlas oftalmologie. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Triton, 2003, 151 s. ISBN 8072543822. info
  • KVĚTOŇOVÁ, Lea. Oftalmopedie. Brno: Paido - edice pedagogické literatury, 1998, 66 s. ISBN 8085931508. info
    not specified
  • 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
Teaching methods
seminar, discussion, practical examples, video
Assessment methods
oral or written test (70% of correct answers is needed to pass) and drafting essay, discussion.
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 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, autumn 2020.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2019, recent)
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