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    COURSE CODE : ECT 331

    COURSE TITLE : SPECIAL METHODS OF TEACHING VISUALLY

    IMPAIRED

    CONTACT HOURS : 42HRS

    LECTURER : DR. ROSE KOWERU

    CONTACT : Mobile: 0721777829 or Email: rkoweru@gmail.com

    Course Purpose

    This course will expose education students to a variety of ways in which they can teach visually
    impaired students, classroom teaching and learning. Students will gain an understanding on the
    methods to use while teaching and this will enhance their pedagogical skills.

    1. Purpose of the Course


    This course is an introduction to methods of teaching visually impaired students. It enables the
    student to have a comprehensive view, understanding and interpretation of various forms of
    teaching visually impaired students. It helps the learners to know when to apply each teaching
    method and why such methods are relevant to various topics. It will therefore, enable the student
    to have a comprehensive view of teaching reality and how it affects education.

    2. Expected Learning Outcomes


    By the end of the course, the student should be able to:
    i) Discuss the meaning and difference between low vision and blind
    ii) Analyse the History of education of visually impaired students and the first great men
    who founded residential school for the blind.
    iii) Explain the meaning of terms like Adventitious blindness, Congenital blindness,
    Legal blindness, Resources room and Itinerant teacher.
    iv) Analyse various special methods used in teaching visually impaired students and to
    Apply informed teaching approaches and methods in the classroom.
    v) Identify various useful objects for the visually impaired student.
    vi) Explain the link between violence and mental.
    vii) Identify the challenges faced by educators while teaching visually impaired students.
    viii) Analyse the disadvantages for visually impaired students in using keyboard based
    interaction.

    Course Content
    History of education for the blind; Separation, ward status, Self Emancipation. The first great
    men who founded residential school for the blind; Valentine Hauy, Samuel Gridley Howe, Louis
    Braille. Reading and writing. Visually impaired students; The special methods used in teaching
    visually impaired students; Teaching strategies, Using Aids and Assistive Technology, Providing
    an appropriate learning environment. The intricate Link between violence and mental.

    4. Teaching Methodology:

    Lectures, tutorials and discussions.

    5. Instructional Materials/Equipment
    Class with teaching aids, writing materials.

    6. Course Assessment

    Continuous Assessment: 30%

    End of semester Examination: 70%

    (Grading shall be as detailed under the University examination regulations)

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