Teachers’ perceptions from a school in Lima about difficulties in children with visual impairment when learning Braille

 

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Autores: Ávalos-Gómez, Nuria Alexandra, Ordaya-Díaz, Esther Giovanna
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2021
Descripción:Objective. To explore difficulties, according to teachers’ opinion, visually impaired elementary students have when learning Braille at Louis Braille School in Lima. Moreover, it is important to identify how much students’ contexts can influence their learning. Furthermore, an analysis on how the school agents (the administration and teachers) can cause an impact when learning Braille will be conducted. Additionally, there will be a mention of how the external factors (government and society) can also cause influence. Method. Following a qualitative approach, all elementary teachers from the school were interviewed. These interviews were recorded and later transcribed so they could be codified. Results. Among the most important discoveries, five main difficulties were found related to national and institutional management in support of visually impaired people, resources, and parental participation in the life of a visually impaired child, children with multiple disabilities besides being visually impaired, teaching materials, and, last, teachers’ collaboration and specialization. Conclusions. In conclusion, those five difficulties are the most predominant, and they can undermine the student’s performance.
País:Portal de Revistas UNA
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Lenguaje:Español
Inglés
Portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/12761
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/EDUCARE/article/view/12761
Palabra clave:Braille
precariousness
childhood
visual impairment
incompetence
precariedad
niñez
discapacidad visual
incompetencia
precariedade
infância
deficiência visual
incompetência