B.ED:Visual Impairment

The year 1896 marks the beginning of a new era in the history of women’s education in India when Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve established an ashram for widows and helpless women at Hingne near Pune. He realized that to make these women self-sufficient, self- reliant and self- confident, schooling was essential at the ashram.Karve launched a programme of schooling at ashram, which latter became regular school for girls and women.SNDT Women University provides many courses.The Content structure for this course includes the following:

1st Semester
Introduction to Special Education
Educational Psychology and the Disabled
Identification and Assessment of Mental Retardation
Mental Retardation :
The Multidisciplinary Perspective
Mental Retardation : Curriculum and Teaching Strategies
Practice of
Teaching (40 lessons)
Case Studies
Peer Observation
Preparation of T-L Aids
Development of vacation plan

2nd Semester
Curricular Adaptation
Project Work
Co-Curricular Activities
Observation & Report on Function of School System
Internship
Community
Work in
Urban/Rural area
Visits