e-Pedagogium 2012, 12(4):21-31 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2012.047

Quality Standard in Education of Individuals with Visual Impairment

Dita Finková

Mgr. Dita Finková, Ph.D., Institute of Special Education Studies, Faculty of Education, Palacký University Olomouc, Žižkovo nám. 5, 77140 Olomouc., E-mail: ditafinkova@seznam.cz, Phone: +420 585 635 339

In recent years, the importance of education has kept on growing, and therewith also demands for quality of education. It is not only the demands of healthy population that are important, but also demands for the quality of educational process for persons with disabilities, specifically persons with visual impairment. The text is focused on the issue of utilizing "incentive measures" in educational process of pupils with visual impairment. Such incentive measures are considered to be the use of special methods, approaches, forms and means of education, furthermore utilizing assistive and physiotherapeutic equipment, special textbooks and teaching materials, inclusion of subjects from special educational care (e.g. spatial orientation, teaching PC work, speech and language therapy), reduced number of pupils in a class, provision of an assistant teacher as well as other measures. Implementing "incentive measures" directly impacts quality of education provided to these persons. Actual utilization and expedience of "incentive measures" was surveyed in the Czech Republic's territory at schools for persons with visual impairment. Analysis of the current state and its evaluation, with the option of providing feedback to respective facilities and utilizing the processed information, seemed to be a suitable option. Research was carried out with the assistance of pupils with visual impairment as well as with teachers participating in education.

Keywords: Quality of education, standards of education, visual impairment, support measures

Published: August 1, 2012  Show citation