With the eyes of the past. Didactics of history and visual impairment

Abstract

School inclusion of students with Special Educational Needs is one of the goals of a truly democratic school. For this process to be effective, it is necessary to intervene in the forms of teaching school subjects, reviewing methods, models and strategies. This contribution intends to investigate the relationship between the teaching of history and visual impairment, retracing the most significant stages of educational models aimed at blind and visually impaired students, and to reflect on the potential of teaching based on historical sources and on the use of tools and practices capable of reducing the difficulties of reception and communication that total or partial lack of sight entails.