Oceanography for the Visually Impaired

Autor/in	Fraser, Kate
Titel	Oceanography for the Visually Impaired
Quelle	In: Science Teacher, 75 (2008) 3, S.28-32 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8555
Schlagwörter	Field Trips; Visual Impairments; Oceanography; Scientists; Special Needs Students; Partnerships in Education; Special Schools; Teaching Methods; Student Projects; Science Instruction; Tactual Perception; Assistive Technology; Massachusetts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Exkursion; Visual handicap; Sehbehinderung; Ozeanografie; Scientist; Wissenschaftler; Sonderpädagogischer Förderbedarf; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Special school; Sonderschule; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schulprojekt; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Taktile Wahrnehmung; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	Amy Bower is a physical oceanographer and senior scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts--she has also been legally blind for 14 years. Through her partnership with the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts, the oldest K-12 school for the visually impaired in the United States, students have the unique opportunity to learn from a practicing research scientist who shares their particular disability. This article describes their collaborative project called OceanInsight, which provides visually impaired students with an interactive way to study oceanography, including field trips to Woods Hole and school visits by Bower and other WHOI scientists. (Contains 1 online resource.) (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10