[Blindmath] Teacher with Vision Loss Teaching Sighted Undergrads

[Christine Szostak]

Thanks, I really like these ideas.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan Jolly" <easjolly at ix.netcom.com>
To: <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 3:25 PM
Subject: [Blindmath] Teacher with Vision Loss Teaching Sighted Undergrads


> Christine,
>
> I would encourage you to do two things.  First, spend some time talking 
> about yourself and how you deal with your vision loss, etc. Your students 
> are very unlikely to have ever had a chance to interact with a blind 
> person before and I think that the quicker they feel comfortable with you, 
> the quicker they will forget about your vision loss and be able to focus 
> on the subject matter.
>
> Second, ask your students for advice and ideas on how to handle the issues 
> you asked about. Many, many years ago, when I was teaching AP high school 
> chemistry, I divided the students into several small groups and each group 
> had to choose a lab experiment from suggested resource material, perform 
> it, and then write out the directions so each of the other groups could 
> perform that same experiment.  (They, of course, provided me in advance 
> with a list of the needed supplies.)  I at first felt a bit guilty making 
> the students do something I thought perhaps I should have done but it 
> turned out to be one of my most successful teaching experiences.  The 
> students loved it and it really brought out their creativity.
>
> HTH,
> SusanJ
>
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