1st Specialization in Education and Rehabilitation of the Sensorially Handicapped

Learning and training to Braille and introduction to visualization techniques

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ECTS Credits3
Number of Hours (h/year)30
Teaching staffFASSOTTE, Laurence
Course UnitCompulsory
TermQuad. 1 and 2
CodePARA-D_SLOGO0005/1
Prerequisite

None

Aims and Objectives

To know the evolution of relief reading

To be able to read in Braille and to translate all “ black and white” support with respect of the code, but also of the capacities or limits of each blind person, in regard of one’s tactile sensitivity.

Description

Introduction

  • History
  • Integral/shortened Braille
  • Code uniformity
  • Code in the daily life

Presentation of the finalised code by Louis Braille

Training itself

  • Letters
  • Punctuations

Material enabling the translation into Braille

· Punch, shelf, mechanical machine

Computer equipment and access to Internet

Bibliography

Liesen, B. (2008). Six points de lumière. Enquête autour de Louis Braille. Bruxelles: MeMograMes

Œuvre La Lumière. Méthode d’apprentissage du braille. Liège, 2000.

Teaching and Learning MethodsLectures
Tutorials
Assessment MethodsWritten examinations
NotesIn part
LanguageFrench

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