Braille literacy consists of two terms, the first of which is “Literacy” is associated with the process where people learn different things (such as reading and writing), through the teaching of a teacher who communicates their knowledge. The second term “Braille” refers to a reading system used by blind people, which is based on the use of signs (Pérez, Arroyave, Herreño, Roa Perdomo & Rueda, 2018).
Published in Chapter:
Strategies for Social and Educational Inclusion in Visually Impaired People
Miguel Angel Brand Narvaez (Universidad del Valle, Colombia), Miguel A. Mora Gómez (Universidad del Valle, Colombia), Brayan A. Tabares Jaramillo. (Universidad del Valle, Colombia), Alejandro A. Osorio Ospina (Universidad del Valle, Colombia), and Juan David Hurtado Arrechea (Universidad del Valle, Colombia)
Copyright: © 2021
|Pages: 18
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7630-4.ch009
Abstract
The chapter focuses on the development of tools containing the basics of Braille and methods that help the people to manage this type of language to enhance the strength of collective thinking in educational statements, taking into account key background; this is why the development of tools containing the basic aspects of the Braille system and the necessary methods to enable the subject to master this type of language, enhancing the strength of collective thinking at the educational level, are so important. However, one of the main challenges in learning Braille is to engage the individual in literacy processes, which is why the creation of learning cards is proposed, to enable people to learn Braille.