An overview of IPA Braille: An updated tactile representation of the International Phonetic Alphabet

Englebretson, Robert

doi:10.1017/s0025100308003691

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“…Even though Braille music is a cultural tool (Wertsch, 1997) that supports the MVI, it does not seem to be considered spontaneous and convenient. In fact, many MVI regard Braille music as troublesome and avoid learning and using it (Englebretson, 2009), which devalues Braille music as a mediational means for the MVI. Therefore the appropriateness of Braille music needs to be evaluated in terms of affordance, its usefulness as a meditational means and the feasibility of mastery.…”

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Affordance of Braille music as a mediational means: significance and limitations

Park¹,

Kim²

2014

Brit. J. Music. Ed.

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Affordance refers to the properties or designs of a thing that offer the function of the thing. This paper discusses the affordance of Braille music in terms of three notions: mediational means, mastery and appropriation, and focuses on answering the following three questions: (i) How do musicians with visual impairments (MVI) perceive Braille music and what does it reveal about the characteristics and limitations of Braille music? (ii) What are the traits influencing the affordance of Braille music and how does it fit the needs of MVI? (iii) What are the conditions that make Braille music more affordable? To qualitatively investigate these topics, we interviewed nine music teachers and their seven students with visual impairment at a school for the blind in Korea. We found that learning and mastering Braille music is not an easy task, and that blind musicians tend to depend more on auditory input and memorisation. These findings suggest that the current level of development, diffusion and employment of Braille music is not satisfactory in Korea. In order to promote the affordance of Braille music, the adaptability, learnability/usability and availability of Braille music must be enhanced.

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Affordance of Braille music as a mediational means: significance and limitations

Park¹,

Kim²

2014

Brit. J. Music. Ed.

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“…The code-based perspective is the dominant positioning of braille, and even lifelong braille readers may fail to question its accuracy and potential impact. In the spirit of constructive dialogue with which this position paper is intended, consider the following unfortunate characterization of braille that appears in a previous publication by the current article’s primary author: “braille is a rule-based cipher for converting an inkprint writing system to the tactile modality” (Englebretson, 2009, p. 69). On its face, there is nothing inherently false about this statement—however, it is woefully incomplete and print centric.…”

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“…There are over 130 languages in the world with braille systems (World Braille Usage, 2013), and braille is also used to notate the International Phonetic alphabet (Englebretson, 2009), mathematics, chemistry, music, and for hobbies such as chess and knitting/crocheting.…”

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A position paper on researching braille in the cognitive sciences: decentering the sighted norm

Englebretson

Holbrook

Fischer‐Baum

2023

Applied Psycholinguistics

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This article positions braille as a writing system worthy of study in its own right and on its own terms. We begin with a discussion of the role of braille in the lives of those who read and write it and a call for more attention to braille in the reading sciences. We then give an overview of the history and development of braille, focusing on its formal characteristics as a writing system, in order to acquaint sighted print readers with the basics of braille and to spark further interest among reading researchers. We then explore how print-centric assumptions and sight-centric motivations have potentially negative consequences, not only for braille users but also for the types of questions researchers think to pursue. We conclude with recommendations for conducting responsible and informed research about braille. We affirm that blindness is most equitably understood as but one of the many diverse ways humans experience the world. Researching braille literacy from an equity and diversity perspective provides positive, fruitful insights into perception and cognition, contributes to the typologically oriented work on the world’s writing systems, and contributes to equity by centering the perspectives and literacy of the people who read and write braille.

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“…Latihan yang diberikan untuk meningkatkan kepekaan dria taktual sebagai tuntutan dalam pengembangan konsep membaca dan menulis Braille (Wijaya, 2013). Braille bukan sebuah bahasa tetapi representasi dari bahasa, (Englebretson, 2009). Pernyataan tersebut menjelaskan bahwa Braille merupakan kode khusus dari suatu bahasa yang digunakan oleh masyarakat tertentu sehingga dapat dibaca oleh anak tunanetra terutama dalam segi pendidikan.…”

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Analisis Teori Belajar dalam Metode Pembelajaran Membaca Braille pada Anak Tunanetra

Handoyo

2022

J. Studi Guru Pembelajaran

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Penelitian ini bertujuan mendeskripsikan hasil identifikasi landasan teori belajar dalam penggunaan metode pembelajaran membaca Braille bagi anak tunanetra. Metode yang digunakan yaitu studi literatur review 8 artikel dengan kata kunci metode, membaca, Braille dan anak tunanetra sebagai kriteria. Analisis data menggunakan meta sintesis dengan pendekatan meta etnografi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa teori kognitif yang digunakan berupa konstruktivistik untuk mendukung kemampuan abstraksi dalam membentuk konsep huruf Braille melalui pembelajaran berbasis masalah. Pada peningkatan kemampuan baca tulis dilatihkan dengan pendekatan teori behavioristik agar materi tersimpan dalam ingatan jangka panjang dengan adanya reinforcement. Di Indonesia, metode pembelajaran dengan landasan behavioristik menjadi pilihan mayoritas dengan fokus penekanan pada aspek keterampilan taktual. Penggunaan konstruktivistik cenderung terbatas sehingga aspek persepsi spasial belum menjadi prioritas dalam kemampuan pra dan membaca permulaan Braille. Guru perlu memperhatikan prinsip setiap teori pembelajaran sebagai pertimbangan memberikan tindakan sesuai prasyarat persepsi taktual dan spasial untuk meningkatkan keterampilan membaca Braille.

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An overview of IPA Braille: An updated tactile representation of the International Phonetic Alphabet

Cited by 7 publications

References 13 publications

Affordance of Braille music as a mediational means: significance and limitations

Affordance of Braille music as a mediational means: significance and limitations

A position paper on researching braille in the cognitive sciences: decentering the sighted norm

Analisis Teori Belajar dalam Metode Pembelajaran Membaca Braille pada Anak Tunanetra

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