Data set examining orientation and mobility lessons of three primary school students with vision impairment

Data captures the O&M learning experiences of three North and Far North Queensland primary school students as part of qualitative research investigating the school effect and impact on outcomes for students with disability. Audio-recorded data was gathered from semi-structured interviews, online panel discussions, and 13 orientation and mobility lessons over one school semester. Autoethnographic reflexive teaching journals were used to support the thematic and discourse analysis. Data includes raw data and transcription of interviews and lessons, as well as raw data analysis. Findings of the research indicated a prevalent lack of awareness of the impact of visual impairment on learning and development, and of the role of orientation and mobility. Findings also specified systemic and cultural barriers to full equitable inclusive education for students with visual impairment. 

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    Data captures the O&M learning experiences of three North and Far North Queensland primary school students as part of qualitative research investigating the school effect and impact on outcomes for students with disability. Audio-recorded data was gathered from semi-structured interviews, online panel discussions, and 13 orientation and mobility lessons over one school semester. Autoethnographic reflexive teaching journals were used to support the thematic and discourse analysis. Data includes raw data and transcription of interviews and lessons, as well as raw data analysis. Findings of the research indicated a prevalent lack of awareness of the impact of visual impairment on learning and development, and of the role of orientation and mobility. Findings also specified systemic and cultural barriers to full equitable inclusive education for students with visual impairment. 

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      Recordings are in Waveform Audio file (.wav) format. Data also includes documents saved in MS Word (.docx) and MS Excel (.xlsx) formats and as Open Document Format (.odt and .ods) files.

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    • vision impaired
    • orientation and mobility
    • Australian Curriculum
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    People and Societies in the Tropics
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  • Start Date 2017/02/01
  • End Date 2017/12/07
  • Time Period 2017 school year primary
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    Physical Location Secure data section of the Tropical Data Hub (TDH) archive - eResearch Centre, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
    The Data Manager is: Katrina Blake
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  • Data record size 2 zip files: 726 MB
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      Name Blake, Katrina (2018) Understanding Orientation and Mobility learning and teaching for primary students with vision impairment: a qualitative inquiry. PhD thesis, James Cook University.
    • URL https://doi.org/10.25903/5d43a17430f0e
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      Katrina Blake
    Citation Blake, Katrina (2017): Data set examining orientation and mobility lessons of three primary school students with vision impairment . James Cook University. https://research.jcu.edu.au/data/published/b579e0747048f3d120837cad8118f2de