Due to the idea of inclusion, every year there are more and more children with special needs included in regular primary school. Amongst them, there are also children with visual impairments, either blind or partially sighted, that require different approaches as well as teaching and work methods in the education-training process. Experts are aware that teachers lack proper qualifications for working with special needs children, due to a lack during their teacher training. When a teacher have a child with visual impairments in their class, need expert help and extra education. Teachers are presented with a challenge during class and literary classes, with how to include a visually impaired child in class activities and how to self-prepare themselves so they can use different activities and work methods despite this challenging situation.
The purpose of my research was to show a literature in class which also includes the student with blindness or to show the discourse of two passages, to describe the adjustments, portray the planning and flexibility that is needed with this. The curriculum must be functional in a way that class can go on in an interesting way, for this visually impaired girl, as well as for the other students. With the discourse of two works of children’s literature I wanted to evolve the reception ability with my students and induce their perception of the literary works with sensible, interesting and age-appropriate repeat activities.
I used the qualitative research approach, namely a case study and conducted interviews with the pupil with blindness, her mother and the class teacher. With activity planning for the complete reading of narrative texts as well as with preparing for the whole lesson I have shown the course of literature teaching in class which also includes the student with blindness.
I have found that the student with blindness can cooperate and engage in diverse activities in the literature classes without problems. However, she needs certain adjustments, guidance and assistance.
|