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Creation of didactic aids and adaptation of teaching materials for children with visual impairment of preschool age
HOLMANOVÁ, Barbora
The bachelor thesis deals with the creation of didactic aid and adaptation of teaching materials for children with visual impairments of preschool age. The aim of the bachelor thesis is to gather an adequate theoretical base for the chosen topic and on its basis to process an overview of the modification principles and creation of didactic aids and teaching materials for children with visual impairments of preschool age. A partial goal of the bachelor thesis is the practical creation of a didactic aid (in this case it is a didactic book) and its subsequent evaluation in pedagogical practice. The didactic book is intended for a particular boy with a specific visual impairment who attends a kindergarten for visually impaired children. The book is designed to accomplish the basic requirements of a tactile book - to develop the child's tactile perception and fine motor skills. The book focuses on general development - pre-mathematical literacy, sequence and recognition of basic colors. At the same time, the book should educate the child in a non-violent way and be fun for the child, or as they say: "Learning through play".
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Pupil with visual impairment in education system; retrospective case study
WILLMANNOVÁ, Michaela
Bachelor's thesis entitled 'A visually impaired student in the educational system'; a retrospective case study deals with the process of integrating a visually impaired boy into the mainstream of pre-school and primary education. The bachelor's thesis aims to develop an appropriate theoretical basis for the issue of education of visually impaired children and on this basis in the design of a case study to describe and analyse the educational background of a visually impaired student. The thesis is structured into two parts, theoretical and practical. The theoretical part defines the basic circuits related to the topic of visual impairment. The first chapter of the theoretical part defines a child and a student with visual impairment and the concept of visual impairment and its classification. The second chapter describes the specifics of the development of a visually impaired child in the field of cognitive functions, motor skills, and socialization. The last chapter deals with the education of visually impaired children in general. The practical part is focusing on a detailed description of the inclusive process of a visually impaired child in mainstream kindergarten and primary school. It points out the aid measures and their use in education. Qualitative research was applied to fulfill the already mentioned goals. The research is based on observations, semi-structured interviews, and document analysis. Anamnestic data were processed in detail for the sake of completeness. The research found out that the choice of including a boy into mainstream education was a suitable option. It was also found that the boy was and is provided with maximum support from his parents and the socialization in his classroom was successful. On a practical level, the information can serve as feedback for the educational institution of an integrated visually impaired student. After appropriate formal and content adjustments, the text can be used for the processing of information material for the pedagogical and parental public.
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Promoting of early intervention for the inclusion of a visually impaired child to kindergarten
Kůsová, Barbora ; Šumníková, Pavlína (advisor) ; Květoňová, Lea (referee)
The diploma thesis is focused on the support of early intervention in the inclusion of a visually impaired child into kindergarten. The work describes the development of a child with visual impairment at an early age. It also focuses on early care providing support to families with children with visual or combined disabilities, pre-school education and the support from a special education center. The aim of the work was to find out what is important for the parents of a visually impaired child when choosing a kindergarten, whether the inclusion is in accordance with the legislation and whether a multidisciplinary team participates in the support. As part of the research survey, qualitative research, aimed at monitoring family support for the inclusion of a visually impaired child in kindergarten by early care, was carried out. The results show that for families when choosing a kindergarten, it is most important to obtain information about the possibilities of including a child. Early intervention provides families with important information not only about the possibilities of inclusion, but also about the use of counseling services of a special pedagogical center. The choice of kindergarten is up to the parents, who take into account different aspects when choosing. An important indicator is the...
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Fitness Activities for Preschool Aged Vision Impaired Children
KAHUDOVÁ, Radka
The major topic of my bachelor thesis are physical activities for preschool children who are blind or visually impaired. My work consists of two basic parts, the theoretical and practical section. The first part deals with visual impairment, its definition, classification and the most common types of sight disorders and eye diseases. It also focuses on specific features of development of visually impaired children and preschool education. Last but not least it also states the particularities typical for preschool education of visually impaired children and their physical activities. The main goal of the theoretical part is to introduce the problems and needs of development of physical activities (motor development) in context with various types of sight diability. The practical part of my work is based on the knowledge from the theoretical section and its main goal is to suggest an instruction manual. In order to meet the above mentioned goal of the practical section of my bachelor thesis, I had used methods of qualitative research before, finally, I focused on creating the instruction manual. To be more specific, I had used analysis of available documents and semi-structured interviews. The respondents were teachers from a kindergarten for visually impaired children, who have personal experience in working with these children. Building on the above mentioned data I created an instruction manual consisting of a set of physical games for visually impaired children. This set is aimed to serve as a collection of instructions for kindergartens for children with visual disabilities, visually impaired children integrated at mainstream schools, their teachers and also the parents of these children.
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Development of spatial orientation and independent movement of visually impaired children of preschool age
BEDLÁNOVÁ, Eva
This bachelor thesis looks into spatial orientation and independent movement of visually impaired preschool children. These issues are integral to every visually impaired person's daily life and it is at an early age, before joining any type of educational establishment, that a lot of time and utmost patience is required to address them. It is characteristic of this period that it mainly comes down to families, professionals and teachers to help develop competence in this area. However, the development is sometimes hindered by reduced awareness. Based on the related theoretical background, the thesis introduces the specifics of spatial orientation and independent movement of visually impaired preschool children. Its practical part presents a qualitative research concluded to compare the different methodical approaches taken in families and kindergartens to develop visually impaired children's independent movement. Data for the research was collected via document analysis, structured interviews with parents and teachers and through observations. A sub-objective of the thesis is to draft a informative brochure for parents with visually impaired children. The thesis is divided into a theoretical and a practical part. The theoretical part provides basic information about visual impairment in children. It deals with the classification of visual impairment, providing information on possible diagnostics such as functional vision assessment, the content of which is hardly found in resources available. It also discusses some education issues, namely educational attitudes in the family, early care and the preschool education system. In its last chapter, the theoretical part deals with spatial orientation and independent movement, describing its methodologies and elements as well as the development of spatial orientation and independent movement at different age stages. Using content analysis, the practical part introduces the content of the school educational programme for kindergartens for visually impaired children, paying closer attention to its section dealing with spatial orientation and independent movement. Whether and to what extent the educational programme is actually used in practice, is determined is through observation, another data collection technique used in the practical part. The third data collection technique used is a semi-structured interview. This technique provides information about the different approaches taken in families and kindergartens to develop spatial orientation and independent movement. It also establishes the sources of information, assessing their availability and quality. The research implies that with the exception of early care, the support to parents of children with visual impairment is scant. Furthermore, mild deficiencies were found in the implementation of the school educational programme in kindergartens. A sub-objective of the thesis was to draft an informative brochure to serve as a basis for an actual material which could provide parents with essential information on how to treat their children indoors and outdoors. The draft was made using the research results and early care internal resources; in the future it may be developed into a document available to all parents who have a child with any degree of visual impairment.
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Methods of development of fine and gross motor skills of visually impaired children.
BROŽOVÁ, Pavla
The theme of the bachelor's paper is ``Methods of development of fine and gross motor skills of visually impaired children{\crqq}. The theoretical part is aimed at clarification of the terms ``vision{\crqq}, ``development of visual perception{\crqq}, and also ``visually impaired child{\crqq}. I have further introduced there the terms ``gross and fine motor skills{\crqq}, which I defined in relation to children with visual impairment in pre-school age. The practical part of the paper is dedicated to the description of the objective of the work, research methods, and the results obtained. The objective of the research was to establish the level of development of fine and gross motor skills of visually impaired children in pre-school age, as well as of children in an ordinary nursery school. The following step was comparison of the results from both nursery schools. My hypothesis was stated as follows: ``The level of development of fine and gross motor skills of children in an ordinary nursery school is better than that of children in a nursery school for visually impaired{\crqq}. For performance of the research part of the work, I have chosen quantitative type of research, the method of controlled observation. The research took place in two nursery schools in České Budějovice. One of them was a nursery school for visually impaired children; the other was an ordinary nursery school. The total number of controlled observations performed was 200. The research set constituted of 50 children in pre-school age. The research results have shown that the development of motor skills of visually impaired children is at higher level than that of children in an ordinary nursery school. In the area of fine motor skills, significant differences between the two nursery schools have surfaced after comparison of the results. The differences in the area of gross motor skills were less marked. Consequently, my hypothesis did not prove true. The bachelor's paper in question can be used as a study material for the students of the Faculty of Health and Social Studies, as there is no publication comprehensively elaborating those issues.
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