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Effective Teaching Strategies: Case Studies from the Alphabetic Braille and Contracted Braille Study
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Barclay, Lizbeth; Herlich, Stephanie A.; Sacks, Sharon Zell – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2010
This article discusses some of the qualitative data that were documented during the Alphabetic Braille and Contracted Braille Study. Two case studies of students are described, highlighting many effective teaching strategies used by their teachers of students with visual impairments that resulted in the students' successful academic progress.…
Descriptors: Braille, Visual Impairments, Case Studies, Teaching Methods
"I Have Mastered the Braille Code but No One Has Taught Me How to Teach It"
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Johnston, Dolores – British Journal of Visual Impairment, 2004
This paper presents the results of a postal questionnaire survey carried out in the south-west of England into the teaching of braille to school-age children. It reports upon the qualifications and experiences of the school teachers and learning support assistants (LSAs) involved in this work. It also enquires into materials and resources…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Braille, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
Preparing Special Educators To Meet the Needs of Students Who Are Learning English as a Second Language and Are Visually Impaired: A Monograph.
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Milian, Madeline; Ferrell, Kay Alicyn – 1998
This monograph describes a personnel preparation program that prepared 32 Colorado special education graduates to meet the needs of students who are learning English as a second language and are visually impaired. Graduates took a course that was specially designed to expose students to relevant literature on federal mandates for the education of…
Descriptors: Braille, Course Content, Cultural Differences, Diversity (Student)