scholarly journals Consumption of Visually Impaired Students Based on the Theory of Consumer Vulnerability and Resilience

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 416
Author(s):  
Pedro Felipe da Costa Coelho
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
School Community ◽  
School Students ◽  
Governmental Organization ◽  
Consumer Vulnerability ◽  
The Face ◽  
Visually Impaired Students ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Depth Interviews

This study analyzes the consumption of elementary-school educational service by visually impaired individuals based on the theory of consumer vulnerability and resilience of Baker and Mason (2012). To this end, an ethnographic investigation was performed on a non-governmental organization (NGO) involved in the education of visually impaired students and conducted in accordance with the procedure of Transformative Consumer Research described by Crockett, Downey, Firat et al. (2013). Data were collected through narrative interviews with 16 elementary-school students, six in-depth interviews with managers and teachers from the NGO Lar, and five in-depth interviews with the guardians of the students, in addition to seven months of participant observations. The data were analyzed using the data analysis spiral technique. The results indicate that pressures from the individual, family, school community, and macro forces caused the state of vulnerability. Impotence in the face of practices by school managers and teachers as well as dependence on friendly schools appeared in the form of shock caused by two triggers events: the attempt to enroll students and the first days of school. The resilience of the consumers, the school community, and the NGO contributed to reduce the vulnerability.

College Preparatory Program for Visually Impaired Students: An Evaluation

1978 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-58
Author(s):  
Virgene Martin ◽  
Roger Martin ◽  
Lawrence Hapeman
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
College Preparation ◽  
College Preparatory ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Summer Program ◽  
School Students ◽  
Preparatory Program ◽  
Visually Impaired Students

The effectiveness of a nine-week college preparation summer program for visually impaired high school students is evaluated. Feedback from the students and their rehabilitation counselors indicates that the program increased the readiness of the students in the areas of communication, studying, personal-social and mobility.

scholarly journals Inclusive Education: Perception of Visually Impaired Students, Students Without Disability, and Teachers in Ghana

SAGE Open ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 215824401880779 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Asamoah ◽  
Kwadwo Ofori-Dua ◽  
Ebenezer Cudjoe ◽  
Alhassan Abdullah ◽  
Joy Ato Nyarko
Keyword(s):  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Inclusive School ◽  
Visually Impaired Students ◽  
Equal Educational Opportunities ◽  
Depth Interviews

The purpose of this study is to investigate the perception of visually impaired students, their peers without disabilities, and teachers about inclusive education, focusing on a second cycle educational institution in the Eastern region of Ghana implementing inclusive education for the visually impaired. In this study, we collected data from 23 visually impaired students, 27 students without disabilities, and 19 teachers in the inclusive school. Data were collected through semistructured in-depth interviews. This study followed a phenomenological approach, reporting findings from participants’ own words. The study findings revealed that visually impaired students and some teachers supported inclusion while a number of students without disabilities disliked the practice. Some teachers indicated that the idea of inclusive education is a good way to ensure equal educational opportunities. The study concludes that Ghanaian teachers in inclusive schools should be equipped with training to teach students with disabilities.

scholarly journals Profesionalitas Guru Sekolah Dasar dalam menghadapi Ragam Karakteristik Belajar

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-71
Author(s):  
Zahid Zufar At Thaariq ◽  
Lindawati Lindawati ◽  
Ryandini Dwi Puspita
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
School Level ◽  
Media Management ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
The Face

This research aimed to review the professionalism of teachers in the face of the learning characters of elementary school students. In the learning process, a teacher's role was critical. Thus, teachers need to be professional in managing learning in the classroom in terms of media management, models and learning resources. This study used mixed methods approach between qualitative and quantitative. This research used online poll instruments and spread to 24 respondents. Respondents were taken from teachers at the elementary school level. The steps in this study were (1) the formulation of the problem (2) looking for the theory foundation, (3) the poll instrument formulation, (4) the distribution of polls, (5) data presentation and (6) drawing conclusions and suggestions. The results revealed that the elementary school teacher had a variety of methods and action in the learning such as the use of discussion, demonstration, lecturing and problem solving methods with a variety of specific reasons. The character of learners became the first consideration on implementing the variety of methods and action. So, the learning process tended to become more varied. The expectation of this research could capture teacher’s performance and give basis to improve the teachers’ profesionalism in the classrooms teaching and learning process.

scholarly journals Multimedia Mathematical Communication in a Diverse Group of Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 92-103
Author(s):  
Jolanta Brzostek-Pawłowska
Keyword(s):  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Group Leader ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Mathematical Communication ◽  
Specific Nature ◽  
Learning Mathematics ◽  
Mathematical Problems ◽  
Visually Impaired Students ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Visually Impaired Persons

The article tackles the problem of improving mathematical communication in a group of students with different visual impairment levels, under the guidance of a group leader or a teacher. Visually impaired persons face a problem while learning mathematics. The said problem results from the specific nature in which mathematical content (formulas, function graphs, geometrical figures and projections of solids) is recorded and presented. The effectiveness of learning mathematics is boosted when students work in a group moderated by a leader. This requires them to share documents, with the leader being able to keep track of the individual work of each participant, and with the group discussing specific solutions. In order for a visually impaired student to be able to participate in and contribute to the work of the group, either remotely or locally, all participants must use universal IT tools that support visually impaired students without complicating the work of others. This paper presents interactive multimedia solutions developed under two research projects carried out by the author. The said solutions support communication in mathematics. Results of qualitative surveys on new solutions are presented, confirming their usefulness and the measurable impact they exert on the efficiency of the group’s work concerning mathematical problems.

scholarly journals Development of Communicative Competence in Junior High School Students with Visual Impairment in Different Institutional and Educational Settings

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 321-339
Author(s):  
Vitaly Z Kantor ◽  
Galina V. Nikulina ◽  
Irina N. Nikulina
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Visually Impaired Students ◽  
Partial Integration

Introduction. The diversification in education means, inter alia, establishing an institutional balance between integration and differentiation, which should also hold true for visually-impaired children. Junior age is a sensitive period for the development of communicative skills. Hence, one of the key tasks on the educational agenda for visually-impaired junior high school students is the development of communicative competence. The paper is the first attempt to identify how institutional and educational setting impacts the development of communicative competence in junior high school students, namely, such aspects of communicative competence as content/compliance with communication standards, attitude/role relationships, position/function, and involvement/activity. Materials and Methods.The evidence was obtained from four schools in Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Region. The survey included 55 respondents in grades 1‒3 with deferent degrees of visual impairment from inclusive educational settings with partial integration / differentiation. The methodology included such tools as Effective Communication: Raising Awareness of Visually-Impaired Students; a scale-based interview and questionnaire; L. Mikhelson’s Communication Skills test modified by L.S. Kolmogorova; Joint Sorting by G.V. Burmenskaya; and G.A. Tsukerman’s Picture Dictation. The data was processed using Student's t-test for dependent and independent samples and Pearson correlation coefficient. Results. The assessment of communicative competence in schoolchildren embraced several aspects: content/compliance with communication standards; attitude/role relationships; position/function; involvement/activity. In the context of inclusive education with partial integration and differentiation, visually-impaired junior high school students show different development levels of different aspects of communicative competence. This context has a selective and ambivalent effect. Discussion and Conclusion. The results may find application in the design and testing of a variable modular programme aimed at the development of communicative competence in visually-impaired junior high school students. The results may also lay the foundation for the rehabilitation and training strategy for visually-impaired students and facilitate their integration in social and educational environment.

scholarly journals Audio games as a ludic tool for visually impaired students in elementary school

2020 ◽  
pp. 37051-37056
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Institutional Environment ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Education For All ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Visually Impaired Students ◽  
Impaired Person

Today there are few educational institutions that carry out activities that promote entertainment, fun and the inclusion of visually impaired people in the educational environment. In this article it is presented a playful form of teaching in which there will be a greater social inclusion for the visually impaired in an institutional environment. In view of the practicality of intuitive games to support the learning of the visually impaired, the objective is to demonstrate an electronic game tool not yet well known by the general public: audio games, in order to show that games with distinct characteristics were adopted to check which will be more promising for a visually impaired person in support of learning. With questionnaire methods in search of divergent opinions, description of concepts, divergences and difficulties, demonstration of possible audio games that may be included in the teaching dynamics and various texts and articles on the subject, it is possible to conclude that there is little knowledge of the existence of audio games and, along with that, the inequality in the educational system, given the lack of social inclusion in relation to the visually impaired in ludic teaching activities. Therefore, it is necessary to create and implement greater activities aiming equality, inclusion, participation and education for all during elementary school, a phase of great moral and educational development.

scholarly journals Design and Implementation of Facial Recognition System for Visually Impaired using Image Processing

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 4803-4807
Keyword(s):  
Image Processing ◽  
Face Recognition ◽  
Face Detection ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Recognition System ◽  
Raspberry Pi ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
The Face ◽  
Visually Impaired Students ◽  
Facial Recognition System

One of the most difficult tasks faced by the visually impaired students is identification of people. The rise in the field of image processing and the development of algorithms such as the face detection algorithm, face recognition algorithm gives motivation to develop devices that can assist the visually impaired. In this research, we represent the design and implementation of a facial recognition system for the visually impaired by using image processing. The device developed consists of a programmed raspberry pi hardware. The data is fed into the device in the form of images. The images are preprocessed and then the input image captured is processed inside the raspberry pi module using KNN algorithm, The face is recognized and the name is fed into text to speech conversion module. The visually impaired student will easily recognize the person before him using the device. Experiment results show high face detection accuracy and promising face recognition accuracy in suitable conditions. The device is built in such a way to improve cognition, interaction and communication of visually impaired students in schools and colleges. This system eliminates the need of a bulk computer since it employs a handy device with high processing power and reduced costs.

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