The Effective Teaching of Literacy through Braille

An online training course has been developed in the UK for experienced teachers of the visually impaired who want to develop their skills in teaching literacy through braille to children. The course has the potential to take teachers from countries outside the United Kingdom who have good English if there is sufficient demand. For further details about The Effective Teaching of Literacy through Braille, please follow this link.

Reports

• Report from ICF visual profile Conference - Graz (Austria), 19 - 21 May 2011 by Angelette, Foundation Mi ta stimabo.
• From 5th Workshop on Training of Teachers of the Visually Impaired in Europe - Bratislava, Slovakia (May 18-19, 2007):
  • VICTAR: Summary of activities, by Mike McLinden and Steve McCall, University of Birmingham - VICTAR (UK).
  • What does it make an active learner? by Laura Runceanu and Andrea Hathazi, Babes Bolyai University Cluj Napoca (Romania).
• Report from 4th Workshop on Training of Teachers of the Visually Impaired in Europe, 23rd-26th September 2004, Budapest, Hungary.
• Report from 3rd Workshop on Training of Teachers of the Visually Impaired in Europe
  Preparing teachers of the visually impaired to support integration / inclusion
  Warsaw, Poland, 3 - 6 April 2002
• Proceeding from 5th European Conference of ICEVI:
  Chapter 9: Teacher training.
• Report from 2nd Workshop on Training of Teachers of the Visually Impaired in Europe
  Competencies of teachers of the visually impaired: sharing and creating knowledge on a European level.
  Bratislava, Slovak Republic, 23-27 September 1999
• Report from Workshop on Training of Teachers of the Visually Impaired in Europe
  Budapest, Hungary, 22-25 March 1997

We recommend!

• Elearning and the Professional Development of Teachers of Children with a Visual Impairment by Peter Rodney, Tarja Hannikainen, Steve McCall

Links related to Teachers Training

• TechDis - [new window] - service aims to improve provision for disabled staff and students in higher and further education through technology
• Lea Hyvärinen's Homepage [new window]
  This homepage is created to share teaching materials with other teachers in low vision, in vision screening and in occupational health.
• Teaching Students with Visual Impairements [new window], Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
• Instructional Resources [new window], Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
• Scottish Sensory Centre [new window], Moray House Institute of Education, University of Edinburgh