SPECIALIZED EDUCATIONAL CARE INVOLVING STUDENTS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT IN PHYSICAL SCHOOL EDUCATION

Abstract:

The study looked into the effect of the practice of Specialized Educational Care (ESC) aiming at learning of Physical Education contents for visually impaired students. It is characterized as action research. Participants were three visually impaired students, two Physical Education teachers and two researchers. The instruments were pre- and post-test protocols and personal interviews. Data were analyzed qualitatively. The results showed progression of learning of that discipline in ESC. In addition, students do not participate in all Physical Education classes and ESC’s role is still unknown to participant teachers. Therefore, in practice, knowledge of the subject is still excluded to visually impaired students through ESC even when its benefits are noted.

Keywords:
Student with visual impairment; Learning; School; Specialized Educational Service