Education inclusive et réussite scolaire des élèves a déficience visuelle : cas des élèves du lycée bilingue d’Ekounou

Abstract

The topic of this research is entitled: "Inclusive education and academic success of visual impairment students: the case of students in goverment bilingual high school of Ekounou" Inclusive education opens the doors to formal education in ordinary schools for all the disabled, specialy for the visual impairment, however, it has not been reassured whether the teaching materials and teaching practices are adapted to the pupils of visual impairment. As such PERREROUD's theory (2008) on pedagogical differentiation aims to modify the way teaching is done in other to improve the success of both the most gifted students and those in difficulty. Furthermore from this observation we came out with a main question: how does inclusive education influence the academic success of visual impairment students? In other to answer to our research question,we came out with a general hypothesis : inclusive education influences the academic success of visual impairment students. To operationalize this hypothesis, it has been broken down into three specific hypotheses which are stated as follows: 1: The differences of visual impairment students influences their academic success. 2: Flexible teaching methods influence the academic success of visual impairment students. 3: Teachers' attitudes influence the academic success of visual impairment students. Information on our variables was collected from visual impairment students at goverment bilingual high school in Ekounou using a questionnaire to a sample of 17 students. The analysis was done using the chi-square test (X2). After verifying the hypotheses, it is shown that the 1st and 2nd specific hypotheses were not confirmed while the 3th specific hypotheses was confirmed. This leads us to not confirm the general hypothesis made above. Finally, recommendations or suggestions were made to public authorities and teachers.