Abstract:
The purpose of this research was to develop teaching technics for training white
cane skill to students with visual impairment. The sample group consisted of 5 teachers
who taught white cane skill, 10 visually-impaired teachers who used white canes, and
12 Prathom 4 students at The Bangkok School for the Blind. The researchs instrument
were the questionnair and the interview form and a teaching manual. Data analysis was
conducted by content analysis gathered from the questionnaire, interview form evaluation
result after class session then calculated the result of teaching by finding in frequency
and mean.
The preliminary findings of the questionnaire and interview were that the teachers
who taught white cane skill and visually-impaired teachers who used white canes agreed
that the skills needed training, developing teaching technics to train white cane skills to
student with visual impairment were gripping and cane swinging, trailing, contacting,
ascending and descending stairways, and short-cane skill in limited space. As a result,
the researcher developed a teaching manual to train the white cane skills for student
with visual impairment. This manual was overseen by 5 specialist and was used for
teaching 10 lessons to 12 visually-impaired students at The Bangkok School for the
Blind. The results from the 10 lessons were that 4 students could develop cane swinging,
shore lining, contacting, ascending and descending, and short-cane skill in limited space
at a satisfactory level. 5 students were in a high level while 3 students were in a very
high level. No students were in an unsatisfactory level. Therefore, the research finding
could be concluded that the teaching manual was good and appropriate to use in
developing white cane technics.