SP6020 Visually Impairments

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2025

The course is not taught in Autumn 2025

Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Mgr. et Mgr. Radka Janošková (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Bc. Dominik Levíček (lecturer)
PhDr. Petra Röderová, Ph.D. (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
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
Abstract
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the field of special education of visually impaired at the level of bachelor study with a focus on lifelong learning. Students will be presented with the definition of the field and its interdisciplinary position, the system of education of this target group and specific measures and support in early, preschool and school age.
Learning outcomes
students should be able to: - Determine visual impairment and visual difficulties, occurrence and causes, peculiarities of psychological processes and personality development in visually impaired people; - to know the specifics of a child with visual impairment in early, preschool and school age, counseling and intervention; - to understand the educational system for the visually impaired in our country, to know the technical aids and equipment, the role of special pedagogical centers; - know how to specify Braille, how to write it; basic aids for people with visual impairments of different ages - know the specifics of support for students with visual impairments and visual difficulties in inclusive education
Key topics
  • 1. Paradigm of education of visually impaired - definition of the field, history of support for people with visual impairment in our country and abroad, interdisciplinary cooperation
  • 2. Scope of people with visual impairment and visual difficulties. MDVI. Influence of visual impairment on the personality of an individual (perception, thinking, attention, behavior, speech). Psychomotor development of a child with severe visual impairment.
  • 3. Development of visual perception. Symptomatology of visual impairments.
  • 4. Examination of vision and visual functions for the needs of support, intervention and education.
  • 5. Early care - theoretical foundations of early care, services and their importance. Early-age child and his family.
  • 6. A visually impaired child of pre-school age., school maturity and school readiness (preschool education, child with impaired binocular vision and reeducation of these defects)
  • 7. A visually impaired child of school age. Specifics of teaching and support in inclusive education and in schools established according to Section 16, paragraph 9 of the Education Act.
  • 8. Special aids for visually impaired persons. Use of computer technology in the education of visually impaired pupils.
  • 9. System of education of visually impaired pupils in the Czech Republic from preschool age to adolescence.
  • 10. Counseling, support and intervention during preschool and school attendance. Counseling in the field of preparation and career choice.
  • 11. Communication of visually impaired people - teaching Braille. Access to information.
Study resources and 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
  • FINKOVÁ, Dita; Libuše LUDÍKOVÁ and Veronika RŮŽIČKOVÁ. Speciální pedagogika osob se zrakovým postižením. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2007, 158 s. ISBN 9788024418575. info
    recommended literature
  • JANKOVÁ, Jana and Dagmar MORAVCOVÁ. Asistent pedagoga a dítě se zrakovým postižením. Vydání první. Praha: Pasparta, 2017, 116 stran. ISBN 9788088163619. info
  • KOCHOVÁ, Klára and Markéta SCHAEFEROVÁ. Dítě s postižením zraku : rozvíjení základních dovedností od raného po školní věk. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2015, 174 s. ISBN 9788026207825. info
  • OPATŘILOVÁ, Dagmar and Zita NOVÁKOVÁ. Raná podpora a intervence u dětí se zdravotním postižením (Early Support and Intervention for Children with Disabilities). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012, 321 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-5880-4. info
  • 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
    not specified
  • RÖDEROVÁ, Petra. Speciálněpedagogická diagnostika oftalmopedická. Metodické texty k projektu MUNI 4.0. Pedagogická fakulta, studijní program Logopedie (Bc.) (A special educational approach to Diagnostics of vision loss and visual perception deficits. Methodical texts for the MUNI 4.0 project). 1., elektronické vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2019, 54 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-9590-8. Čítárna Munispace info
  • KUDELOVÁ, Ivana and Lea KVĚTOŇOVÁ. Malé dítě s těžkým poškozením zraku : raná péče o dítě se zrakovým a kombinovaným postižením. Brno: Paido, 1996, 41 s. ISBN 8085931249. info
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
Videos, presentations, diskussions
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
Final oral examination (70% of correct answers is needed to pass); semester paper; presentation of selected topic/production of a didactic aid. Attendance min. 70%,
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
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