시각장애학교 저시력중학생의 문해매체 실태 분석

Abstract

This study was done to see the present condition of literacy media middle school students with low vision are using and that of literacy media relating to eye diseases, reading distance and reading time and then, to find out whether the literacy media presently used need to be transformed. The result of the study is as follows:Firstly, 86.3% of the students with low vision used regular print as their literacy media, and so did 68.2% of the students(visual acuity : less than 0.04) and 89.5% of the students with onset eye diseases. Secondly, in reading distance for the students with low vision, ‘10cm close to the eyes’ showed 51.7% and ‘10~20cm close to the eyes’, 32.8%. Also, in the survey of reading time, 44.8% of the students suggested less than half an hour of the reading time, therefore revealing it is likely to have a serious impact on their learning achievement. Thirdly, in the case of the students with onset eye diseases whose literacy means is regular print, their literacy media must be changed into braille. 32.8% of all students held onset eye diseases, 36.8% of whom didn’t know braille. Only 15.8% of the students knew the braille for instrumental subjects(Korean, English, mathematics and science)and, assuming their eye diseases are ongoing, about 85% of the students are far less likely to continue their present learning. Among the 21 students who don’t know braille, those wishing to learn braille were 9, 55.6% of whom regarded ‘the tiredness of their eyes’ as the highest necessity to learn it.