Touch-and-go as an inclusive education strategy in case of visual impairment

Abstract

The perceptual strength in learning styles refers to obtain knowledge most easily by different sensory systems. Discovering the perceptive strengths and weaknesses of each student and finding ways to optimize their learning is always a challenge for the professor. In extreme cases such as in the visual impairment touch-and-go approaches can be an alternative. This paper aims at sharing the usage of tactual resources as a learning strategy in a case of visual impairment, developed by a group of professors for supporting classes of Linear Algebra and Analytic Geometry at Sorocaba Engineering College (Faculdade de Engenharia de Sorocaba - FACENS). As a result, there was ease of handling tactile resources by the student, considerable gain in understanding the theoretical subjects and of practical cases analyzed in classroom. According to professors’ perception, the concrete experimentation by using the touch-and-go strategy provided satisfactory support for the classes. Therefore, the usage of touch-and-go by means of the tactile resources can be considered as a promising approach as a learning strategy in cases of visual impairment.