Teacher educators' views on scientific literacy of visually impaired students
Citation
Zorluoglu, S. L., Sözbilir, M., & Kizilaslan, A. (2016). Teacher Educators' Views On Scientific Literacy Of Visually Impaired Students. Çukurova University. Faculty of Education Journal, 45(2), 209-242.Abstract
The scientific literacy requires ability to use scientific knowledge, to comprehend the
world through identifying problems and making results based on evidence, and to
make decisions as to the changes caused by human activities. Each person fulfilling the
requirements of scientific literacy can be scientifically literate. However, there is a
prejudice in the society that visually impaired person cannot not be scientifically
literate due to the lack of power of vision. Therefore, a descriptive case study was
conducted to identify the perceptions of academicians (teacher educators) regarding
the development of scientific literacy by visually impaired people. Semi-structured
interviews were conducted with teacher educators and data gathered from interviews
was analyzed and presented in descriptive manner. According to the results, there is a
consensus among teacher educators which visually impaired people can be
scientifically literate provided that necessary training is provided.