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This investigation aims to assess issues of physical, sensory and intellectual access to museums and galleries in Scotland, with a particular relevance to people with sight difficulties. The research has been completed from the point of view of the visually impaired visitor, using original fieldwork comprising visits to museums accompanied by people with different types of sight difficulties. An examination of the facilities provided has been undertaken from the visitors' perspective alongside the current and forthcoming legislative requirements. The opinions of the museums' community have been taken into consideration primarily by discussions with the curators of the museums and galleries visited. An appreciation of the legislative stimulus for museums and galleries to consider people with disabilities, the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, is also attempted, including reports from the MPs involved in the development and the introduction of this legislation and the MSPs with responsibilities for the representation of people with disabilities in the Scottish Parliament. A particular focus is applied to the introduction of Part 111 of the legislation which was enacted during the research period and used as a stimulus for the areas of questioning with the visually impaired people who assisted. This facilitates the presentation of a context against which to place the findings of the discussions with visually impaired people. Visitors are an essential requirement for the existence and future of museums and galleries and the potential audience of people with visual impairments is increasing and significant.

published_or_final_version / Architecture / Master / Master of Architecture

Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Hong Kong, 1987. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 183-209). Also available in print.

This thesis embodies the results of an investigation of a residence exclusively devoted to those who r blind. Working within the theoretical perspective of symbolic interactionism, the primary focus of this study was to discover whether relationship existed between the pattern of group organization within the residence and the perception of the attitudes of the sighted towards the blind. Underlying its approach was the assumption that how the residents perceived the attitudes of the sighted was related to how they evaluated themselves. A second focus of this study was to determine the basis and extent of group formation within the residence. / Thesis / Master of Arts (MA)

Thesis (M. Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 98-104).

Thesis (M.Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

Esta tese se propõe a discutir a problemática dos deficientes visuais, que tenham ingressado ou que sejam egressos do ensino superior paulista, do ponto de vista informacional, de forma a identificar como esses estudantes percebem a necessidade, adquirem, compreendem e utilizam a informação. Para tanto, realizou-se uma revisão bibliográfica discutindo os aspectos históricos e conceituais da Information Literacy, bem como suas ações voltadas para estudantes do ensino superior. Contextualizou-se o ambiente informacional do deficiente visual brasileiro, focalizando o ensino superior, bem como, ponderou-se sobre que cenário se apresenta a esses cidadãos do ponto de vista intelectual, tecnológico, de acesso aos recursos físicos, e de conteúdo. Nesse contexto, buscou-se mapear o conjunto de habilidades e competências informacionais a serem desenvolvidas pelos deficientes visuais, no processo de construção de trabalhos acadêmicos, compreendidas a partir do modelo Information Literacy desenvolvido por Carol Kuhlthau denominado Information Search Process ISP, no desenvolvimento dos instrumentos de coleta, no processo de coleta propriamente dito e na análise dos dados coletados. Por trata-se de um estudo exploratório, trabalhou-se numa abordagem qualitativa, elegendo o estudo de usuário para mapear as questões propostas. Realizou-se a entrevista semi-estruturada com 10 deficientes visuais pertencentes às modalidades do ensino superior de graduação e pós-graduação. Elaborou-se os resultados a partir do diagnóstico realizado na pesquisa e o estudo realizado por Christina Doyle no qual apresenta um levantamento dos predicados para uma pessoa ser considerada competente em informação. Como resultado final, apresenta-se um elenco de possíveis ações para que os atores do processo educacional do deficiente visual, sobretudo na educação superior, possam definir ações necessárias ao desenvolvimento ou promoção de programas de Information Literacy específicos para deficientes visuais, com o intuito de torná-los competentes em informação. Identificou-se que essas ações estão contidas em três dimensões relacionadas às barreiras de acessibilidade: informacional, digital e no âmbito dos relacionamentos. / This thesis discuss the issue of visually handicapped, who have ingressed or egressed on higher education of São Paulo as information is regarded; identifying how these students realize the information need and how to acquire, understand and use it. Therefore, a bibliographic review has been developed to discuss the historical and conceptual aspects of Information Literacy, as well as its actions aiming students of higher education. The Brazilians visually handicappeds environment was regarded, focusing on higher education and considering the intellectual, technological, access to physical resources and content scenery in which they live in. In this context, a map of abilities and information literacy skills to be developed by visually handicapped was created, starting from Carol Kuhlthaus Information Literacy model named Information Search Process ISP, which shows the development of gathering instruments, the gathering itself and the analysis of the gathered data. Because it is an exploratory study, a qualitative approach was considered, using the user study to create a map of the questions proposed. A semi-structured interview was made with 10 visually handicapped on graduation or postgraduate education. Produced the results from the diagnosis made in the research and study by Christina Doyle which presents a survey of the predicates for a person to be considered \"information literate.\" As a final result, it presents a list of possible actions for the actors of the educational process of the visually handicapped, especially in higher education, can define actions necessary for the development or promotion of Information Literacy programs specific to the visually handicapped, in order to make them competent in information. It was identified that these actions are contained in three dimensions related to the barriers of accessibility: informational, digital and within relationships.