Teaching Competency of Visually Impaired Teachers
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2013
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Gertrude Berger (1970) stated that the
visually impaired teachers also need to take the
responsibility for performing all the duties as
regular classroom teachers. Earlier studies
indicate that visually impaired teachers are
capable of performing as effectively in the
classroom as the sighted teachers. The present
study was aimed at exploring the visually
impaired teachers working in schools and in
Higher Education Programmes and to assess
their teaching competency. A sample of 60
teachers with 30 each from schools and higher
education programme was selected. The results
revealed that a majority of the teachers showed
teaching competency at moderate level. Gender
did not influence teaching competency
.Teaching Competency and type of working
environment (School /Higher education
Programme) did not influence. Another
interesting finding was that application of
technology had positive correlation influencing
use of a variety of teaching methods, better
Student Evaluation Procedure and
Independency in teaching and movement. The
authors in this paper highlight relevant supporting
literature and a detailed method of administering
this study.