Authors
- Kiseleva Natalia Yu. PhD in Pedagogy, Associate Professor
- Khoroshavina Ekaterina V. PhD in Pedagogy
Annotation
Strengthening the social mission of special needs libraries for people with visual impairments actualizes the problem of raising awareness of library activities for students of pedagogical universities. The awareness of student teachers of special education about the diversity of the library content and the range of technical tools available for people who cannot read printed texts contributes to the enrichment of students’ professional competencies. The purpose of this article is to show the ways and the results of raising awareness of the activities of special needs libraries among students receiving special (defectological) secondary vocational and higher education at Moscow City University. The methods of the study include two online surveys and a lecture in the format of a guided tour to the Russian State Library for the Blind. We processed a total of 151 questionnaires, 114 of them were conducted before the guided tour and 37 after the tour. The survey was conducted on the Yandex Forms platform which made it possible to identify students’ primary ideas about a special needs library, to see the dynamics of awareness after the guided tour, and to receive feedback on students’ interest towards special needs libraries. A comparative quantitative analysis of the respondents’ answers showed a significant increase in students’ awareness after the guided tour dedicated to the activities of public libraries and libraries for the blind and visually impaired, the formats of specialized publications for the visually impaired, the services offered, and the options for cooperation between the libraries for the blind and visually impaired and educational organizations. A qualitative analysis of the respondents’ answers who participated in the guided tour revealed an obvious interest of students in the work of special needs libraries. The knowledge received during the guided tour and the opportunity to try out the services provided by the library expands the prospects of students for personal growth and improving reading literacy. The results of this study contribute to finding new ways of developing cooperation between teachers’ training universities and special needs libraries for the blind and visually impaired.
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Kiseleva, N. Y. & Khoroshavina, E. V. (2023). AWARENESS OF STUDENTS OF PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITIES ABOUT SPECIAL NEEDS LIBRARIES AS A SIGNIFICANT ELEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Bulletin of the Moscow City Pedagogical University. Series "Pedagogy and Psychology", 17(4), 98. https://doi.org/10.25688/2076-9121.2023.17.4.06
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