Qualitative recognition of the experience of visually impairedstudents and their parents from the elementary mathcurriculum based on the student-centered approach

Considering the visual nature of mathematical concepts in elementary school, the learning process of these topics is different for visually impaired students and normal children.

The present research seeks to discover and identify the lived experience of visually impaired students and their mothers from encountering a math curriculum with a student-centered approach.

This research was conducted with a qualitative approach and interpretive phenomenology method. The participants included 12 mothers with visually impaired or blind children and 14 visually impaired primary school students (7 girls and 7 boys) studying in the second to sixth grades. The data collection tool is in-depth exploratory interviews, which were analyzed using Van Menen's thematic analysis method.

The experience of the participants shows that the content of the current math curriculum for this group of students has two major modes: 1) the ability to mentally calculate, manipulate and apply in real life and 2) the ability to learn in case of adaptation. visual In line with the types of adaptations, the themes of adaptation of books, tools, teaching methods and evaluation are also included. The participants stated that learning most of the mathematical topics is associated with difficulty and is rarely used in daily life.

According to the findings of this study, it is suggested that adaptations of content, textbooks, tools, teaching and evaluation methods in the design and implementation of mathematics curricula for visually impaired students. To be considered by the planners.