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Pleoptic exercises for children with binocular vision disorders in kindergarten
MICHALOVÁ, Tereza
This bachelor´s thesis is about pleoptic exercises for children with binocular vision disorders in kindergarten. Its aim is to process the delineated theme in theoretic way and based on that create didactic materials, eventually worksheets focused on development of particular visual abilities. The partial aim of this bachelor´s thesis is practical use of the created materials and tools in educational process and its following evaluation. To reach these aims the qualitative strategy was chosen. Selected methods for reaching these aims were analysis of documents, half-structured interview and observing. After evaluation were all of those created didactic materials considered suitable for inclusion into the educational process. The bachelor´s thesis consists of two parts: the theoretical part and the practical part. As the theoretical part, the practical part includes 6 chapters. In the theoretical part the themes as the vision impairment, the binocular vision, the binocular vision disorders, the correction and treatment of binocular vision, the characteristic of the preschool children and the specifics of the preschool education children with visual impairment are described. In the first chapters of the practical part are introduced aims of bachelor´s thesis and the methods used to reach these aims. In next chapters are described the created didactic materials and the process of its evaluation in kindergarten. The last chapters are focused on evaluation of didactic materials and on discussion about this topic. The created outputs will be usable especially in application area, i.e. in direct work of pedagogues working in kindergartens where are the children with vision impairment being educated.
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Possibilities and Limits in the field of Visual Reeducation in Preschool Children with Binocular Vision Disorders
PŘIBYLOVÁ, Hana
The topic of this bachelor thesis are the current options and limits within the area of reeducation of eyesight abilities of pre-school children with binocular vision disorders in ordinary kindergartens and in classes organised based on the § 16 par. 9 School Law for children with a visual impairment or in kindergartens organised based on the § 16 par. 9 School Law for children with a visual impairment. The thesis is divided into two parts - a theoretical one and a practical one. The theoretical part introduces the characteristics of a pre-school child. Further, it deals with the definition of visual functions and options of their cure. It briefly specifies the development of eyesight. In the following chapter, binocular vision disorders are defined, such as strabismus and amblyopia. A considerable part of the bachelor thesis is devoted to the consequences of binocular vision disorders and to the therapeutical methods of correcting these disorders. The options of pre-school education for children with binocular vision disroders are described. Further on, the theoretical part deals with the demarcation of the form of special pedagogical care for children with binocular vision disorders and the conditions of visual reeducation in these children in kindergarten. Attention is also focused on the description of a special pedagogy centre for people with visual impairment. The objective of the practical part of the bachelor thesis was to compare the current options and limits within the area of reeducation of visual abilities in pre-school children with binocular vision disorders in usual kindergartens and in classes organised based on the §16 par. 9 School Law for children with a visual impairment or in kindergartens organised based on the §16 par. 9 School Law for children with a visual impairment. To fulfill the objective, qualitative research was chosen. To collect data, the method of three questionnaires was chosen, where the first questionnaire was directed at kindergarten teachers, the second questionnaire was directed at kindergarten directors, head teachers, and kindergarten director representatives, and the third questionnaire was directed at ortoptists.
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School maturity and readiness of children with binocular vision disorders
JUSKOVÁ, Denisa
The purpose of the bachelor's thesis is to analyze the school maturity and school readiness of children with binocular vision disorders. The partial aim is to draw up individual plans for the development of the children involved in the research. In order to fulfill the aims mentioned, a method of qualitative research strategy - case study was used. Observation, interview and document analysis were used to gather the data. The thesis is divided into two parts, the theoretical part and the practical part. The theoretical part consists of four chapters. The first chapter deals with the concept of a visually impaired child and the most commonly used classifications of visual impairment. In the second chapter, besides the definition of the term binocular vision, the development of visual perception is described, which includes the development of binocular vision. The third chapter looks into the binocular vision disorders - specifically their definition, classification, possibilities of re-education and finally on their consequences. The last chapter of the theoretical part deals with school maturity and school readiness - particular attention is paid to preschool education, definition of terms school maturity and school readiness, detailed description of individual components of school maturity and in conclusion it also touches on the diagnostics of school maturity. The practical part is divided into three chapters. The first chapter refers to the research methodology. In the second chapter results of the research are analyzed - especially personal anamnestic data, detailed analysis of school maturity and in connection with the development of particular parts of school maturity, the cooperation of the family with pre-school facilities is included. There are drawn up individual plans of development of the children involved in the research in the last chapter of the practical part. Based on the research it was established that it is not possible to determine specific level of school maturity a school readiness of the children with binocular vision disorders, since every child is unique, with his / her own options and limits, which means that the level of school maturity and school readiness of these children is a very individual matter that depends on number of factors, such as type of visual impairment and its impact on particular parts of school maturity, adherence to treatment plan, potential postponement of school attendance and, last but not least, cooperation between the family and the pre-school facility.
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Meaning Orthoptics and pleoptics in children with disorders of binocular vision in preschoolers
ŠVIHELOVÁ, Lucie
The bachelor thesis deals with the topic The importance of orthoptics and pleoptics in children with disorders of binocular vision (BV) at pre-school age. The visual defects that most often occur in pre-school children are strabismus and amblyopia. The aim of the bachelor thesis is to describe the educational process and the possibilities of realization of pleoptic and ortoptic exercises in children with disorders of BV in nursery school (hereinafter referred to as "MŠ") in the main educational process. The thesis is divided into two parts, the theoretical part and an empirical part.The theoretical part of the bachelor thesis is divided into three chapters. The first chapter focuses on the specific development of a child with BV at pre-school age. The second chapter describes the most common visual defects of childhood, BV and its development, disorders and remedy. The last chapter deals with the pre-school education, possibilities of education of a child with a BV disorder and legislation related to pre-school education. The aim of empirical part is to evaluate the management of daily activities of children with BV disorder in the mainstream educational system and to evaluate the level of individualized access to a child with a BV disorder in the mainstream educational system. A qualitative survey is used to meet these objectives. The collection of qualitative data is realized by the method of analysis of pedagogical documentation of children with binocular defects, participating observation according to set categories, semi-standardized interviews with pedagogues of mainstream educational system. The results of the sub-targets are processed into four specific case studies. The research file is chosen through a deliberate selection process in accordance with the defined goal of the work it means children with BV disorders - with strabismus and amblyopia and pedagogues who have children with these visual defects in their classroom. On the basis of the theoretical background and the results of a qualitative survey in the field it was found that children with BV disorders have some specificities with visual perception within the educational process in the kindergarten and the associated difficulties in coordinating movement, spatial orientation, memory, attention. In the viewfinder, visual defects are at the edge of severity, although these disorders can be effectively corrected or removed entirely at this age, until the onset of compulsory school attendance. The degree of individual approach by the pedagogue in the kindergarten is then helped to manage the activity in the form of spatial adjustment, providing a longer period of time to master, editing worksheets, explaining the direction of fulfillment, content, working with opinion, developing compensatory senses, adjusting light conditions.
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Frequency of hidden vision defects in preschool children as a handicap of their prosperous development and play as means of vision reeducation in kindergartens
Fidlerová, Dagmar ; Šumníková, Pavlína (referee)
The thesis presents a successful project of vision screening in preschool children carried out mostly in kindergartens in Pardubice. The quantitative, non- experimental research of vision defects frequency in preschool children in Pardubice was realized by means of deduktive method and brought surprising, as well as alarming results.It proves, that 7.8% of preschool children had hidden vision defects, as until the time of vision screening these defects had not been discovered by pediatric practitioners at regular preventive examinations and also remained unnoticed by parents. The minimum of 10% rate of vision defects in preschool children then indicates the necessity to introduce vision reeducation in common kindergarten classes in Pardubice. As special pedagogical support, the thesis provides comprehensive methodology of vision reeducation. The method tank of 50 games and playful activities with thoroughly worked up methodology will help the teachers in common kindergarten classes to work with visually handicapped children.
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