Teaching Children with Visual Impairment: Creating Empowering Classrooms
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Course Summary
This course aims to teach educators and parents how to effectively teach children with visual impairments. It covers topics such as sensory development, Braille, technology, and mobility.Key Learning Points
- Learn how to create a positive learning environment for children with visual impairments
- Understand the importance of sensory development and how to incorporate it in teaching
- Gain knowledge on Braille and assistive technology for visually impaired students
Related Topics for further study
Learning Outcomes
- Create a positive and inclusive learning environment for visually impaired children
- Understand the importance of sensory development in teaching visually impaired students
- Gain knowledge on Braille and assistive technology to support visually impaired students
Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course
- Basic understanding of teaching and child development
- Access to a computer with internet connection
Course Difficulty Level
IntermediateCourse Format
- Online self-paced
- Video lectures
- Quizzes and assignments
Similar Courses
- Teaching Students with Visual Impairments
- Assistive Technologies for Visual Impairment
Related Education Paths
Notable People in This Field
- Dr. L. Penny Rosenblum
- Dr. Cay Holbrook
Related Books
Description
In the education of children with visual impairment, there is at present a global movement away from segregated special schooling, and towards inclusive neighbourhood schools. Inclusion provides an opportunity for everyone, teachers as well as learners, to become more acquainted about life with visual impairment and to overcome some of the barriers of difference which have existed in the past. But if it is to be successful, teachers and others require key skills and insights in order to create classroom environments which fully accommodate the learning needs of children with visual impairment. In this course, you will discover the visually impaired child by recognizing that there are many different eye conditions and that each affects learning and behavior differently. During the course, we will explore the Expanded Core Curriculum, which is a collection of content areas that teachers integrate into the core curriculum to give visually impaired learners access to knowledge that sighted learners gain through observation. You will also learn how to make your classroom, the content, your teaching, and the assessments accessible through curriculum differentiation strategies. By the end of the course you will have the necessary tools to create empowering classrooms where you can teach children with visual impairment in an inclusive, accessible, and attuned space.
Knowledge
- Demonstrate an understanding of children with low vision and blindness.
- Identify ways to create an inclusive classroom for children with visual impairment.
- Identify ways of infusing the Expanded Core Curriculum into teaching.
- Apply curriculum differentiation strategies.
Outline
- Discover the visually impaired child
- Course introduction
- Welcome to Week 1
- The Visually Impaired Child in Different Educational Settings
- Understanding Visual Impairment
- Including Children with Visual Impairment in the Classroom
- Understanding Low Vision in the Classroom
- How Visual Impairment Affects Learning
- Creating an Inclusive Classroom
- Conversations About Our Schooling as Visually Impaired Children
- Course information
- Meet your course instructor
- Meet the guest presenters
- Course collaborators
- Week 1 guest presenters
- Podcast: Growing Up with Visual Impairment
- Additional resources
- Understanding the visually impaired child
- Week 1: Discovering the visually impaired child
- The Expanded Core Curriculum for the visually impaired child
- Welcome to Week 2
- Orientation and Mobility and Independent Living Skills
- Career Education and Self-determination
- Visual Efficiency and Compensatory Academic Skills
- Social Interaction Skills
- Recreation and Leisure
- Braille Reading and Writing Skills
- Conversations on Empowering the Visually Impaired Child
- Week 2 guest presenters
- Introduction to the Expanded Core Curriculum
- Additional resources
- Applying the Expanded Core Curriculum
- Curriculum differentiation and assistive technology
- Welcome to Week 3
- Exclusion from the Curriculum
- Curriculum Differentiation for the Visually Impaired Child: Part 1
- Curriculum Differentiation for the Visually Impaired Child: Part 2
- Identifying Individual Learning and Teaching Support Material Needs
- Providing Learning and Teaching Support Material Creatively
- Being Smart About Assistive Technology
- Low Technology and Purpose-built Assistive Devices
- Assistive Devices for Learners with Low Vision
- Common High Technology Devices
- Conversations on the Experience of Accessible and Inaccessible Learning Material
- Approaches to Making Learning and Teaching Material Accessible: Part 1
- Approaches to Making Learning and Teaching Material Accessible: Part 2
- Week 3 guest presenters
- Additional resources
- Understanding curriculum differentiation
- Week 3: Curriculum differentiation and assistive technology
- Making teaching and learning material accessible
- Becoming an empowered teacher
- Welcome to Week 4
- Understanding Psychosocial Aspects of the Visually Impaired Child
- Broadening Networks of Support
- Collaborating as an Empowered Teacher
- Conversations on Listening to Children with Visual Impairment
- Closing Conversations on Key Insights for Teachers
- Week 4 guest presenters
- Additional resources
- Week 4: Creating empowering classrooms
Summary of User Reviews
Discover how to teach children with visual impairment with this comprehensive online course offered by Coursera. Users have praised the course for its practicality and effectiveness in equipping them with the necessary skills to teach children with visual impairment.Key Aspect Users Liked About This Course
Practicality and effectiveness in teaching children with visual impairment.Pros from User Reviews
- Clear and concise explanations
- Interactive and engaging learning activities
- Expert instructors with extensive experience in teaching children with visual impairment
Cons from User Reviews
- Limited scope of the course
- Some technical issues with the online platform
- Lack of personalized feedback from instructors
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Teaching Children with Visual Impairment: Creating Empowering Classrooms
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