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Environmental Information Required by Individuals with Visual Impairments Who Use Orientation and Mobility Aids to Navigate Campuses
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Papadopoulos, Konstantinos; Charitakis, Konstantinos; Koustriava, Eleni; Kouroupetroglou, Georgios; Stiefelhagen, Rainer; Stylianidis, Efstratios; Gumus, Suad Sakalli – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2020
Introduction: This study investigated the user requirements of individuals with visual impairments regarding the information to be included in orientation and mobility (O&M) aids in order for optimally useful audio-tactile maps of campuses to be developed. In addition, this study aimed at investigating the importance (usefulness) that…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Information Needs, Physical Environment, Assistive Technology
Barriers for Outdoor Play in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Institutions: Perception of Risk in Children's Play among European Parents and ECEC Practitioners
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Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Cordovil, Rita; Hagen, Trond Løge; Lopes, Frederico – Child Care in Practice, 2020
Risk aversive perceptions and practices among ECEC practitioners and parents have proven to be an important reason for the decline of young children's opportunities for free outdoor play. Yet, there are also cultural differences in the perception of children's risky play. This study aims at examining the factors that ECEC practitioners and parents…
Descriptors: Barriers, Play, Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Beneficial Effects of Robot-Mediated Class Activities on a Child with ASD and His Typical Classmates
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Fachantidis, Nikolaos; Syriopoulou-Delli, Christine K.; Vezyrtzis, Ioannis; Zygopoulou, Maria – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2020
Objective: The current educational intervention investigates how the use of the educational robot as an assistive tool can aid young children with Autism Spectrum Disorder helping them strengthen relationships and improving their interaction with typically developing children. Method: For this purpose an interdisciplinary road safety program was…
Descriptors: Robotics, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Class Activities
Democratic Education and the "Strategy of Material Obstacles": A Pedagogical Approach to the Enforcement of Traffic Rules in a Greek Town
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Benincasa, Luciana – Ethnography and Education, 2016
This paper is about people's relationship to laws, rules and regulations in a Greek town. The aim is to describe specific traffic policies, point out the underlying pedagogical assumptions and assess their potential effect in relation to the goals of a democratic education. The study springs from the author's experience as a non-native inhabitant…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Standards, Law Enforcement, Traffic Safety