Education of history of the blind

Ill ABSTRACT In this study which is about how history can be taught to blind secondary school students, firstly the literature on special needs education for blinds and on blind students in history education is reviewed. Then, interviews are done with twenty secondary school history teachers and fourty blind secondary school students from twelve different secondary schools. In the light of literatute review and interviews, it can be said that auditory and tactual materials should be used in history lessons in order to make history understandable for blind students.