B.Ed. (Hearing Impairment) Braille and Assistive Devices Syllabus - Mumbai University
This is the University of Mumbai syllabus for the Bachelor of Education - Special Education (Hearing Impairment), the Choice Based two-year programme in force from the academic year 2016-17. It is the scheme currently examined: the University set all four of its semesters in Winter 2025 and Summer 2026, and has published no revision of it since. The University no longer hosts the document on mu.ac.in, which is why it is mirrored here in full.
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Syllabus for Braille and Assistive Devices
Module 1: Braille
- 1.1 Louis Braille and the Evolution of Braille
- 1.2 Continuing Relevance of Braille vis-a-vis Audio Material;
- 1.3 Braille Signs, Contractions and Abbreviations--English Braille;
- 1.4 Braille Signs and Symbols—Hindi/Regional Language;
- 1.5 Braille Reading and Writing Processes.
Module 2: Braille Devices -- Types, Description, Relevance
- 2.1 Slate and Stylus
- 2.2 Braille Writer
- 2.3 Electronic Devices—Notetakers and Refreshable Braille Displays
- 2.4 Braille Embossers
- 2.5 Braille Translation Software
Module 3: Other Devices – Types, Description, Relevance
- 3.1 Mathematical Devices: Taylor Frame and Types, Abacus, Geometry Kit, Algebra Types
- 3.2 Geography: Maps--Relief, Embossed, Models
- 3.3 Science Material
- 3.4 Low Vision Aids--Optical, Non-Optical, Vision Training Material
- 3.5 Schemes and Sources of Availability
Essential Readings
- A Restatement of the Layout, Definitions and the Rules of the Standard English Braille System (1971). London: The Royal National Institute for the Blind
- Ashkroft, S.C. and Henderson, F. (1963). Programmed Instruction in Braille. Pittsburgh : Stanwick House
- Lowenfeld, B.(1969). Blind Children Learn to Read. Springfield: Charles C. Thomas
- Mani, MNG (1997). Amazing Abacus. Coimbatore: SRVK Vidyalaya
- Manual on Bharti Braille (1980). Dehradun: NIVH
- Olson, Myrna R. (1981). Guidelines and Games for Teaching Efficient Braille Reading. New York: AFB
- Proceedings: National Conference on Past and Present Status of Braille in India
- ( 2001). New Delhi: All India Confederation of the Blind
- Hampshire, Barry (1981). Working with Braille - A Study of Braille as a Medium of Communication. Geneva: UNESCO
- Kusanjima, T. (1974). Visual Reading and Braille Reading. New York: AFB
- Mani, MNG (1992).Techniques of Teaching Blind Children. N.Delhi: Sterling Publishers
- Mellor Michael C. (2006). Louis Braille A touch of Genius. Boston: National Braille Press
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.Ed. Spl. Ed. (Hearing Impairment), in force from the academic year 2016-17. Wording, module numbering and the reading list are as printed in that syllabus. The PDF above is the syllabus's own page, unaltered.
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