Exam Details

Subject Understanding The Learner
Paper
Exam / Course Post Graduate Certificate In Information And Assistive Technologies For Instructors Of Visually Impaired (PGCIATWI)
Department School of Education (SOE)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1. Answer the following question in about 600 words:

Describe the main causes of visual impairment in learners. Discuss the common precautions to be taken to prevent visual impairment among learners.
OR
Describe persons with disabilities (Equal opportunities, protection of rights and full participation) Act, 1995 and discuss its objectives and the provisions given in Section 26 of the Act on education for children with disabilities.

2. Answer any four of the following questions in about 150 words each:

Write a note on Cognitive Walk through format of evaluation.

Describe Biwako Millennium (2002) in the context of priority areas for action.

Write a note on resources for teaching­-learning for conducting any computer training.

Describe guidelines for conducting activities for auditory training for learners with visual impairment.

Mention the importance of orientation and mobility for learners with visual impairment.

Write a note on Bharati Braille (Hindi).

3. Answer the following question in about 600 words:

Describe how loss of sight affects learning of daily living skills. What strategies would you adopt to teach daily living skills to learners with visual impairment?


Departments

  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
  • School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
  • School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
  • School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
  • School of Health Science (SOHS)
  • School of Humanities (SOH)
  • School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
  • School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
  • School of Law (SOL)
  • School of Management Studies (SOMS)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
  • School of Sciences (SOS)
  • School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
  • School of Social Work (SOSW)
  • School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
  • School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
  • School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
  • School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
  • Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)

Subjects

  • Assistive And Adaptive Technologies
  • Communication Skills
  • Softwares For Visually Impaired
  • Understanding The Learner