The changing role and practice of teachers of students with visual impairments: Practitioners' views from Australia

JE Brown, W Beamish - Journal of Visual Impairment & …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction This study examined the everyday work of eight teachers of students with visual
impairments at governmental primary and secondary schools in Queensland, Australia. The …

Forming effective partnerships to facilitate inclusion of students with vision impairments: Perceptions of a regular classroom teacher and an itinerant teacher

U Sharma, D Moore, B Furlonger… - British Journal of …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
This qualitative study reports on the perceptions of a regular classroom teacher and an
itinerant teacher about the challenges they faced in including a student with vision …

[PDF][PDF] Challenges experienced by learners with visual impairment in two mainstream primary schools in Klerksdorp, Dr. Kenneth Kaunda District

M Morelle - Unpublished master's thesis, University of South Africa, 2016 - core.ac.uk
The purpose of this study is to explore the challenges experienced by learners with visual
impairment in two mainstream schools in Klerksdorp, Dr Kenneth Kaunda District. The aim is …

A qualitatively different experience: Mainstreaming pupils with a visual impairment in Northern Ireland

C Gray - European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
This paper reports the experiences of special education needs co‐ordinators (SENCOs) on
the inclusion of pupils with a visual impairment (VI) in mainstream schools in Northern …

Insights into the support services for students with vision impairment

P Datta, C Palmer - Australasian Journal of Special Education, 2015 - cambridge.org
There is a general need for research in Australia on whether the support services provided
in schools prove useful for students with disabilities (Datta, 2015; O'Rourke & Houghton …

'You have to be like everyone else': Support for students with vision impairment in mainstream secondary schools

J Opie, J Deppeler, J Southcott - Support for learning, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The experiences of seven Australian senior secondary school students with vision
impairment attending mainstream schools in Victoria were explored to gain an …

'A really good teaching strategy': Secondary students with vision impairment voice their experiences of inclusive teacher pedagogy

B Whitburn - British Journal of Visual Impairment, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
The inclusion of students with vision impairment (VI) into regular classes is typically made
possible via a raft of technical accommodations and special educational support. This article …

Educating students with vision impairment today: Consideration of the expanded core curriculum

J Opie - British Journal of Visual Impairment, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
A phenomenological study was undertaken giving students with vision impairment the
opportunity to voice their experiences of secondary schooling in mainstream schools …

[PDF][PDF] Challenges and strategies of working with learners with low vision: Implications for teacher training

JA Yalo, FC Indoshi, JO Agak - 2012 - academia.edu
Learners with low vision can be trained to increase their visual functioning through a
planned programme of visual experiences. Such a low vision training programme was …

Facilitating the inclusion of children with vision impairment: Perspectives of itinerant support teachers

C Morris, U Sharma - Australasian Journal of Special Education, 2011 - cambridge.org
Children with vision impairment (VI) and blindness are largely educated in mainstream
schools in Australia. Specialist itinerant support teachers–vision (ISTVs) travel from school to …