Education right is a fundamental right of humans. The Taiwanese government also clearly defines policies related to visually impaired children’s primary education and essential obligations. It followed the global trend of inclusive education strategies, which adopted a hybrid placement education system with a supplementary system so that students with disabilities can study in elementary schools near the living hood and receive the same education as health students. On the other hand, for health students, it is also a more significant opportunity to learn from peer acceptance, cultivate empathy, and have human rights education with their classmates in this arrangement. However, there are no inclusive learning kits in the market currently. This paper presents a dual-purpose educational kit in an inclusive learning place. The implemented prototype uses the theory of VAKT (Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic-Tactile) teaching method proposed by Fernald as the leading core theory. The whole teaching strategy of this new kit will combine physical exercises, reading guidance, an audio guide, and multiple interactive media together by senses of “touch”, “hearing”, “visual”, and “kinetic” to complete the cognitive relationship between appearance and positioning direction for all students. A visually impaired case on urban insect learning, using our prototype, has been illustrated to show how the implemented works.

Authors:
Chu Yu Cheng, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

About the Presenter(s)
Professor Chu Yu Cheng is a University Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer at Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology in Taiwan

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