Haptic Diagrams and Related Text for Human Biology/Health Science Curricular for the Blind and Visually Impaired

缺乏适当的人类生物学/健康科学教育 在中学一级， 传达视障人士难以理解的信息， 仅仅基于口头描述来概念化。 的目标 这个项目就是为了缓解这种短缺。 这项工作正在 通过健康科学和 特殊教育学院已经建立，以创造 并正式评估一系列创新的教具， 触觉图的形式伴随着盲文和音频 文本. 这些材料将有助于提高质量， 健康科学教育的有效性。 它为学生提供 积极参与学习过程的机会 通过对说明性材料的触觉探索， 提高他们对结构、功能和健康的认识 维护人体。 相关文本将减少 需要监督指导，从而培养独立的 视障学生的学习。 有视力 学生也将从中受益，从而鼓励学生之间的互动。 盲人学生和他们的同龄人，一个长期追求的目标， 主流教育。 该项目的成果将是 传播到所有的美国。S.视觉资源中心 通过全国会议的方式残疾人。

A paucity of appropriate human biology/health science educational materials exists at the secondary school level which effectively conveys information difficult for the visually impaired to conceptualize based on a verbal description alone. The goal of this project is to alleviate this shortage. This is being accomplished through a collaboration between health science and special education faculty which has been established to create and formally assess a collection of innovative teaching aids in the form of haptic diagrams accompanied by brailled and audio texts. This material will serve to improve the quality and effectiveness of health science education. It provides students an opportunity to actively participate in their learning process through tactual exploration of illustrative material designed to enhance their understanding of the structure, function and health maintenance of the human body. The related texts will diminish the need for supervised instruction, thus fostering independent learning on the part of the visually impaired student. Sighted students will benefit as well, thus encouraging interaction among blind students and their sighted peers, a long-sought goal of mainstreamed education. The results of this project will be disseminated to all U. S. Resource Centers for the Visually Handicapped by means of a national conference.