The Role of Teachers in Supporting Visually Impaired Students

This assignment explores the challenges faced by visually impaired students in educational settings. It highlights issues like communication difficulties, reduced participation in classroom activities, and the impact of visual impairment on learning abilities. The assignment discusses the impact on accessing educational programs, especially online resources. The role of teachers is emphasized, including the importance of encouraging participation and providing specialized training. References to relevant research papers and journals are included, providing a comprehensive overview of the topic. This assignment provides insights into the challenges and potential solutions for supporting visually impaired students in education.

DISCUSSION

TABLE OF CONTENTS
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Issues with visually impaired people..........................................................................................3
Impact on accessing educational learning programs...................................................................3
Role of teachers...........................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

MAIN BODY
Issues with visually impaired people
Communication issue
This is the major issue which people with visual disability faces. In students during the
classroom inclusion faces difficulty to concentrate on the teaching of tutors and this eventually
lowers their self confidence (Yekta and et.al.,2017).
Reading
This is the most important issue which is being faced by people suffering from visual
impairment. In the classroom, students with visual impairment tend to feel isolated from other
students and this eventually reduces their participation in school activities (Yekta and
et.al.,2017).
Learning ability
It has been reported that the learning ability in visually impaired people generally
decreases as the nerves from eyes to brains get affected. This often leads the students in
classroom to feel lonely and thus due to poor learning they are being mocked by other students in
classroom (Datta and Talukdar, 2016).
Impact on accessing educational learning programs
These issues mainly will affect the ability of students to access different educational
programs. Due to lack of proper vision, it will be difficult for these students to properly analyze
the different learning topics. For example- in case of online educational programs, visually
impaired students will face difficulty in relating the topic to images and pictures and thus will
only have to depend on sound of the tutor (Chin and et.al.,2018).
Role of teachers
The role of tutor in enhancing learning ability of these visually impaired students is
highly imperative. Firstly, tutor can encourage these students to participate more and more in
various school activities in order to make them feel part of community. Besides this, tutor can
provide weekly training sessions to these students in order to make their learning more effective
(Datta and Talukdar, 2016).

REFERENCES
Books & Journals
Chin, J and et.al.,2018. The effect of student-run vision screenings on ophthalmic education and
recognition of visual impairment. Social Determinants of Health.4(3). pp.117-123.
Datta, P. and Talukdar, J., 2016. The impact of vision impairment on students’ self-concept.
International Journal of Inclusive Education.20(6). pp.659-672.
Yekta, A.A and et.al.,2017. Prevalence of refractive errors and visual impairment in university
students. Acta Ophthalmologica.95.