Abstract:
This study investigated the challenges students with visual impairment at the
University of Education, Winneba encounter while participating in academic and
social activities. Sixty two students with visual impairment were purposively selected
for the study. A case study research design was used for the study in which
questionnaires and observations were the main instruments used in collecting data for
the study. The quantitative data collected were fed into the Statistical Package for the
social sciences SPSS version 21.0 and analysed using frequency counts and standard
deviations. Findings from the study revealed that the compound of the University of
Education, Winneba is not friendly to students with visual impairment. The findings
also revealed that students with visual impairment experience minor instructional
challenges as a result of lecturers' awareness on disability related issues. The data also
brought to light that the university academically includes students with visual
impairment thereby promoting some level of socialization. However, findings from
the socialization issues also revealed that students with visual impairment are not
included in sporting activities since the university has no planned sporting activity
that can enable students with visual impairment partake in hence students with visual
impairment feel excluded. The result of this study further revealed some major
problems encountered by students with visual impairment in the school; these include
inadequate resource persons, poor terrain, and inadequate resources among others.
Recommendations such as periodic in-service training for lecturers, employment of
adequate resource persons and designing the compound and buildings to suit all
students including students with visual impairment were made to limit the challenges
of students with visual impairment in the university.
Description:
A THESIS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION, FACULTY
OF EDUCATIONAL STUDIES, SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF
RESEARCHSTUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, WINNEBA IN
PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR AWARD OF
THE MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY (SPECIALEDUCATION) DEGREE
SEPTEMBER, 2016