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Education And Psychosocial Implications Of Visual Impairement Question Paper

Education And Psychosocial Implications Of Visual Impairement

Course:Bachelor Of Education

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2007

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY
EXAMINATIONS
2007/2008
FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION
FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR
OF
EDUCATION
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DATE:
Thursday zs" November 2007
TIME:
2.00pm - 4.00pm
INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer ALL questions in section A and any other TWO in section B
SECTION A: (30 marks)
1.
Distinguish between medical and educational definitions of visual impairment. [2 marks]
2.
Explain in your own word 'Visual Efficiency Training'. [2 marks]
3.
State any four ways that learners with visual impairment can be classified. [4 marks]
4.
Briefly describe the traditional service delivery models for learners with visual impairments locally. [4 marks]
5.
Explain any four factors that influence the placement of children with visual impairment
into specific educational programs. [4 marks]
6.
What are the basic limitations that blindness imposes on a learner with visual impairment. [3 marks]
7.
State any three characteristics of good adjustment. [3 marks]
8.
List any four parental reactions after realizing that one has a child with blindness. [2 marks]
9.
Briefly explain what is meant by the following generalized characteristics of learners with visual impairment
(a)
Immature and egocentric behaviour
(b)
Isolation and withdrawal
(c)
Inadequate social models.
[3 marks]
10.
Give any three ingredients that can foster a healthy self-esteem in a learner with visual impairment. [3 marks]
SECTION B. (40 marks)
11.
Describe the various phases that a person who has been newly blinded can undergo as he tries to adjust to blindness. [20 marks]
12.
A learner with low vision often looses a true identity. Discuss. [20 marks]
13.
The current efforts of education provision for learners with visual impairments have come a long way. Discuss. [20 marks]
14.
Describe conceptualization without vision as experienced by profoundly visually impaired learners. [20 marks]

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