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- work with visually impaired students in subject classes
- adaptation of teaching material
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WAYS TO ENABLE EQUAL PARTICIPATION OF THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED PUPILS AT THE KNOWLEDGE COMPETITIONS
Knowledge competitions have become a part of the schooling process of children. Blind
and partially sighted children can also be successful pupils/students who have a talent for
languages, natural sciences, history… To demonstrate their acquired knowledge, they
need to be given an adapted exam sheets and they must have the right to use assistive
technology (e.g., magnifier, computers with assistive software, braille display, braille
typewriter).
They can compete in different subject fields and science disciplines such as: languages,
logic, mathematic, natural sciences, physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, geography,
history, etc.
To achieve an equal participation of blind or partially sighted in the competitions, the exam
sheets need to be adapted and the pupils must be allowed to use assistive technology
(e.g., electronic magnifiers, magnifying glasses, computer with screen magnifier or screen
reader, braille display, Braille typewriter).
In cooperation and agreement with the competition commissions or the organizers
(hereinafter the competition commission) adjustments for the visually impaired pupils need
to be standardized.
It is necessary:
- that the competition commissions in time forward the exam sheets in advance so
that they could be adapted.
- that the mentors at schools with blind and partially sighted pupils are notified about
the procedure of applying to competitions and about accessing the adapted exam
- to establish a team of experts who will participate in the adaptation (the adaptations
involve teachers of individual subject areas who review the competition sheet and
submit proposals for adaptations, the designer of the text in Braille, digital or
enlargement and the designer of the image material).
The adaptations for partially sighted are following:
• adaptation of the font type and size - Arial 18;
• suitable line spacing;
• special formatting and breaks (if possible individual task on one page);
• the page numbering is provided in the following form: 1/3, 2/3 in 3/3. Thus, the
competitors know the number of pages their exam sheet is comprised of.;
• adaptation of images (higher contrast, elimination of unnecessary details or re-drawing);
• images are always situated directly after the text and not to the left or right of it.
Examples of adaptations for partially sighted:
Images 1 and 2: School competition in geography for primary schools 2018/2019, 15
January 2019, ZRSŠ. An example of the original exam sheet and the adapted version:
formatting of the introductory information and task type: circle YES or NO. Author of the
adaptation Jera Svetek.
Images 3 and 4: Competition in natural sciences Kresnička, 4ͭʰ and 5ͭʰ grades, 6 February
2018, DMFA Slovenia. An example of formatting a multiple choice task. Author of the
adaptation Jera Svetek.
Adaptations and formatting for the blind include:
• preparation, formatting, breaks and print of the text in printed braille or the
preparation of the text in accessible digital form;
• conversion of mathematic formulas into a linear mathematical notation for the blind;
• preparation of images in tactile (simplified images, re-drawn, text in Braill needs to
be added);
• making 3D models (to substitute some of the images).
Examples of adaptations for the blind:
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