Teaching Macroeconomics to the Visually Impaired: New Tactile Methods, Verbal Precision, and Small Groups

Autor/in	Naples, Michele I.
Titel	Teaching Macroeconomics to the Visually Impaired: New Tactile Methods, Verbal Precision, and Small Groups
Quelle	In: Journal of Economic Education, 48 (2017) 3, S.193-197 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0485
DOI	10.1080/00220485.2017.1320604
Schlagwörter	Teaching Methods; Macroeconomics; Visual Impairments; Economics Education; Small Group Instruction; Braille; Tactile Adaptation; Graphs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Makroökonomie; Visual handicap; Sehbehinderung; Wirtschaftskunde; Tactile stimuli; Taktiles Lernen; Grafische Darstellung
Abstract	Visually-impaired students require tailored pedagogies to ensure their instruction is as high quality as for sighted students. They follow board work during class by referring to typed class notes provided ahead of time via a Braille reader, and in-class small groups solving problems create an inclusive "esprit de corps" and promote classmates' participation in clarifying board work. Small colleges with limited means can adopt Wikki Stix for tactile graphs that both artistically challenged faculty pressed for time and students can use successfully. Verbal description and "naming" (i.e., using analytical categories to identify sections of graphs) benefit visually-impaired and sighted students alike. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01