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5th Workshop on Training of Teachers of the Visually Impaired in Europe,
Bratislava, Slovakia (May 18-19, 2007).
To organise such a workshop was also made possible thanks to financial support from the Open Society Foundation.

• Summary of activities, by Mike McLinden and Steve McCall, University of Birmingham - VICTAR (UK).
• What does it make an active learner? by Laura Runceanu and Andrea Hathazi, Babes Bolyai University Cluj Napoca (Romania).

Reports

• Report from 4th Workshop on Training of Teachers of the Visually Impaired in Europe, 23rd-26th September 2004, Budapest, Hungary.
• Report from 3rd Workshop on Training of Teachers of the Visually Impaired in Europe
  Preparing teachers of the visually impaired to support integration / inclusion
  Warsaw, Poland, 3 - 6 April 2002
• Proceeding from 5th European Conference of ICEVI:
  Chapter 9: Teacher training.
• Report from 2nd Workshop on Training of Teachers of the Visually Impaired in Europe
  Competencies of teachers of the visually impaired: sharing and creating knowledge on a European level.
  Bratislava, Slovak Republic, 23-27 September 1999
• Report from Workshop on Training of Teachers of the Visually Impaired in Europe
  Budapest, Hungary, 22-25 March 1997

We recommend!

• Elearning and the Professional Development of Teachers of Children with a Visual Impairment by Peter Rodney, Tarja Hannikainen, Steve McCall

Links related to Teachers Training

• TechDis - [new window] - service aims to improve provision for disabled staff and students in higher and further education through technology
• Teaching Students with Visual Impairements [new window], Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
• Instructional Resources [new window], Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
• Scottish Sensory Centre [new window], Moray House Institute of Education, University of Edinburgh