Themen der Lehrveranstaltung
- Seeing, hearing, perceiving - Multisensory perceptual processes. - Seeing less, hearing less, seeing not, hearing not - functional impairments of the senses of sight and hearing, consequences of sensory problems on participation in relation to environmental factors. - Self-experience with reduced visual perception (visual acuity, visual field) and reduced auditory perception (intensity, frequency). The impact of environmental factors on visual and auditory perception (facilitators and barriers). - Basic knowledge and skills for planning and carrying out inclusive teaching and methodology with visually and/or hearing impaired children in pre-school and primary school - Designing an inclusive learning environment, aids, tools and methods for adapting teaching materials and media, Universal Design for Learning for children and pupils with sensory difficulties or disabilities.

Propädeutische Lehrveranstaltungen
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Unterrichtsform
Theoretical units, exercises and self-experience with reduced visual and auditory perception, discussion, group work.

Bildungsziele
Based on the World Health Organisation's (WHO) ICF concept of disability, the workshop aims to illustrate the complex interrelationships between functional problems in vision and hearing, different individual activities, social participation and environmental and personal factors that can have a facilitating or hindering impact, in order to develop and enhance the pedagogical, methodical-didactic, organisational and social skills necessary for the inclusive education of children and pupils with sensory difficulties or disabilities. Competences and objectives Knowledge and understanding - Students possess basic knowledge about how vision and hearing work, know the main problems that can occur in sensory functions and understand the psychosocial situation of children with sensory difficulties or disabilities. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding - To know and understand the psychosocial situation of people with visual and/or hearing disabilities and to apply teaching skills to interpret it within pedagogical processes with a bio - psycho - social approach; - To be able to translate the knowledge acquired to support the design of teaching activities that include pupils with sensory disabilities in the inclusive context of pre-school and primary school, developing and using intervention strategies and environmental adaptations. Autonomy of judgement - To observe and analyse, understand and evaluate the consequences of visual and/or hearing disabilities with respect to play, learning, communication, performance of tasks and demands, orientation and personal autonomy, relationships, interpersonal relationships and social participation. - To be familiar with different aids and tools, including new technologies, as well as methods of adapting materials and spaces and to be able to assess their potential and limitations. Communication skills - To know and correctly use the specific vocabulary and to be able to translate complex terminology into clear language even to people not familiar with the subject matter. Learning skills - To critically reflect on theories and practices of sensory disabilities and inclusive pedagogy and didactics.

Bildungsziele und erwartete Lernergebnisse (zus. Informationen)
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Art der Prüfung
The expected learning will be verified in the oral examination at the end of the workshop. Verification of expected learning.

Bewertungskriterien
Awarding of a single final mark. For the oral test, the following will be considered and assessed: knowledge and ability to understand terminology (10%); ability to apply knowledge (20%); autonomy of judgement and critical thinking (25%): transposition of the knowledge acquired in terms of professional usability (25%) Active participation in the laboratory (20%) also contributes to the single final mark.

Pflichtliteratur

- Course material in the Reserve Collections

- Erickson Research and Development (ed.), Disabilità sensoriali a scuola. Strategie efficaci per gli insegnanti, Edizioni Erickson, Trento, 2015; Chapter 8: Perception problems or problem perception pp. 308-330

Weiterführende Literatur

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Weitere Informationen
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