Open AccessSPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION: A CASE STUDY OF VISUAL IMPAIRMENT STUDENTS OF COMMUNITY EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM IN IKIP SILIWANGI
Author(s) -
Novi Widiastuti
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
jurnal ilmiah p2m stkip siliwangi/jurnal ilmiah p2m stkip siliwangi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2580-7706
pISSN - 2355-9004
DOI - 10.22460/p2m.v5i1p27-33.787
Subject(s) - special education , perspective (graphical) , special needs , psychology , visual impairment , mathematics education , visually impaired , medical education , physical education , pedagogy , medicine , computer science , optometry , artificial intelligence , psychiatry
This study focuses on adult education for special needs students of community education study program in IKIP Siliwangi. Education in this perspective covers not only the methodological problems and learning methods, but also the learning problems faced by various students. There are two categories of human characteristics: physical characteristics and mental characteristics. In physical characteristics, there are students who have different physical conditions compared to others, such as being blind or visually impaired. Nowadays, a lot of special needs students have applied inclusive learning which allows them to attend higher education. Thus, this study aims to uncover adults’ education in facilitating and encouraging special needs students.