Educating Visually Impaired Students: Affective Practices among Teachers and Parents in Schools for the Blind
Abstract
The research paper explores the role of teachers' and parents' affect in shaping the formal education process and everyday lives of visually impaired students in Odisha, India. Drawing from the ethnographic observations from the Schools for the Blind, the research study informs how teachers and parents collaborate in the everyday lives of visually impaired students. This collaboration provides intellectual, emotional, and social skills that sustain learning, dignity, and well-being in visually impaired students. The research study unravels various issues and concerns among the parents and educators, particularly their affect in making informed, functional, and independent citizens. The research inputs are highly useful for all the stakeholders dealing with the visually impaired students.
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