ABSTRACT

Promoting Equitable Access to Education for Children and Young People with Vision Impairment offers a suitable vocabulary and developmental route map to examine the changing influences on promoting equitable access to education for learners with vision impairment in different contexts and settings, throughout a given educational pathway.

Bringing together a wide range of perspectives, this book argues that inclusive educational systems and teaching approaches should focus upon promoting and sustaining a balanced curriculum. It provides an analysis of how a suitable curriculum balance can be promoted and sustained through the stages of a given educational pathway to ensure equitable access and progression for all learners with vision impairment. The authors draw on the United Kingdom as a country study to illustrate the complex ecosystem within which learners with vision impairment are educated.

Structured around a framework which provides a conceptually coherent and practical balance between universal and specialist approaches, this book is a relevant read for educators, academics, and researchers involved in vision impairment education as well as officials in government and non-government organisations engaged in developing education policy relating to inclusive education and disability.

part 2|138 pages

Applying the conceptual framework to vision impairment education

chapter 6|29 pages

The primary years

chapter 7|28 pages

The secondary years

chapter 8|27 pages

Post-compulsory education

part 3|50 pages

Future policy and research directions

chapter 9|16 pages

Future policy directions

Reaffirming what matters

chapter 10|20 pages

What works in vision impairment education?

chapter 11|12 pages

Concluding thoughts