The goal of this course is to have students familiarize with Braille, learn to read and write Braille letters and signs in Turkish, learn to read and write Braille abbreviations, and learn to read and write Braille mathematical symbols.
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Contribution of the Course to Professional Development
The content: familiarizes with Braille system, reads and writes Turkish letters and signs, reads and writes one word abbreviations in Braille, reads and writes with two letter abbreviations in Braille, reads and writes Braille mathematical symbols.
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Learning Outcomes:
1
Understands braille history and its developing process;
2
Knows non-tech and tech materials those use to type braille
;
3
Explains Braille system.
;
4
Reads Turkish letters and signs in Braille.;
5
Writes Turkish letters and signs in Braille.;
6
Reads and writes one word abbreviations in Braille.;
7
Reads and writes two word abbreviations in Braille.;
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Course Content:
Week
Theoretical
Practical
1
Braille History, Louis Braille, Visual İmpairment
2
Braille Types, Basic Braille Typing Systems
3
The İntroduction to the Tech and Non-tech Devices those use to type braille
4
Braille Alphabet
5
Braille Alphabet
6
Braille Alphabet
7
İntroducing to Braille Alphabet
8
İntroducing to Braille Alphabet
9
Braille Reading
10
Braille Reading
11
Braille Reading
12
Braille Reading
13
Typing numbers and dates in Braille
14
Typing numbers and dates in Braille
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Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:
Şafak, P. (2017) Görenler için braille (kabartma yazı) rehberi. Ankara: PEGEM
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Assesment
TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES
NUMBER
PERCENT
Midterm Exam
1
40
Quiz
0
0
Homeworks, Performances
0
0
Final Exam
1
60
Total
2
100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade
40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade
60
Total
100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Multiple choice tests Long-response tests
Information
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE
Activites
NUMBER
TIME [Hour]
Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical
14
2
28
Practicals/Labs
0
0
0
Self Study and Preparation
14
2
28
Homeworks, Performances
0
0
0
Projects
0
0
0
Field Studies
0
0
0
Midtermexams
1
1
1
Others
0
0
0
Final Exams
1
1
1
Total WorkLoad
58
Total workload/ 30 hr
1,93
ECTS Credit of the Course
2
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CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
