Volume : 7, Issue : 7, July - 2018

Acquisition of Expanded Core Curricular Skills among Visually Impaired

Dr. D. Nirupalini, Dr. G. Victoria Naomi

Abstract :

<div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The Expanded Core Curriculum is considered a unique educational curriculum for students with vision impairment who are learning to access information that is acquired casually and incidentally by sighted learners. The purpose of this study is to find out the level of acquisition of visually impaired students in Expanded Core Curriculum. The study adopted survey method with 70 visually impaired and 50 low vision students studying in the Inclusive Education programme. The results revealed that majority of blind and low vision students where at moderate level in acquiring Expanded Core Curricular Skills. The curricular skills are a longitudinal process which requires more instruction to visually impaired students.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div>