Historical view of language education for pupils with visual impairment at secondary and high schools
Abstract
This artical represents a research project that aims at language education of pupils and students with visual impairment at secondary and high schools. The artical represents an overvall survey of the project including the objectives, methodology, approximate recherche of themes and expected outcomes.
The issue of the historical formation of mother tongue teaching for pupils with visual impairment in a professional enviroment is seen mainly at the level of elementary education with focus on reading and writing (creation and development of Braille, etc.) and development and selection of appropriate compensation and corrective tools. The project focuses on the historical forming of Czech language didactics of teaching pupils and students with visual impairment is analyzed in the framework of the cultural and social context of the period from 1807 to 1989.
Historical research focuses on specific aspects of language education without a possibility of visual information. Methodological approaches common in linguistic and social pedagogical fields of study are combined in this purpose.
The aim is to link both levels into the consistent perspective on the surveyed issue. Working out of the historical development of mother tongue didactics concerning pupils and students with visual impairment, which is absent in professional literature, enables to establish theoretical basis for the development of contemporary inclusive didactics of the subject where special educational needs are accepted.