Arathi Varghese
ABSTRACT
It is of importance that the children with visual impairments have equal educational and occupational opportunities as enjoyed by their sighted peers in the field of Science and Math. This paper follows a small qualitative research done with five teachers who teach children with visual impairments. These teachers were from three different schools for the blind, present across the state of Karnataka, India. Through this research, we understand a teacher's process when preparing for a classroom, thus identify their tasks, needs, and challenges. We collected the data via telephonic interviews, and it was analyzed using thematic analysis. The paper eventually discusses the implications of these findings in the design of instructional content intended to aid the teacher in achieving an efficient transference of concepts in Math and Science to children with visual impairments.
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