Blind... for maths? an analysis of mathematical difficulties for blind people
Year:
2013
Type of item:
Monografia o trattato scientifico
Tipologia ANVUR:
Monografia o trattato scientifico
Language:
Inglese
Format:
A Stampa
Publisher:
Scholars Press
ISBN:
9783639702804
Keyword:
blindness; Inclusive Education; teaching of mathematics
Short description of contents:
Why math is so hard? Is it a problem of teaching or learning? And then,
what happens when teaching mathematics to special people like the
blind? This book is a summary of doctoral research, which combines
nearly ten years of training to teachers on computational problems, and
ten years of education of the blind. These two large parallel
experiences allow a new synthesis: math is not just numbers and
formulas, but a real educational tool that we use many times without full
awareness of its potential. Through the most recent contributions of
neurosciences, we realized that the blind access to mathematics in a
very special way, opening up new perspectives on a issue unfairly
mystified.