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    Chair of Special Education in the Context of Blindness and Low Vision and Inclusive Education

    Ines Matic

    Research assistant and special needs teacher
    Wittelsbacherplatz 1, 97074 Würzburg, Room 02.209
    Phone: +49 931 31 84300

    Office hours by appointment by e-mail.

    About the person

    Ines Matic completed her Bachelor's degree in "B.A. Education in Secondary Education" with the subjects German and Political Science at the Heidelberg University of Education as well as the Master's degree programme "M. Ed. Teaching Qualification in Special Education" with the first special educational subject area of Learning with Blindness and Visual Impairment and the second special educational subject area of Intellectual Development. She was also employed at the Heidelberg University of Education as a tutor for the Disability Officer and in the implementation service. Since April 2021, she has been working as a research assistant at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg in the field of pedagogy for visual impairments. She was also active in the Diversity Audit Steering Committee from February 2022 to February 2024. Since May 2024, she has been a contact person for anti-discrimination at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg.

    Main areas of research

    • Everyday practical abilities and skills (AFF)
    • Visual impairment and autism
    • Functional vision
    • Digital accessibility

    Supervision of bachelor theses

    I would be happy to supervise your bachelor's thesis if it is related to (special) education/inclusion. Further information on supervision and tips can be found in this document.

    Courses - structured according to modules

    Module: Everyday practical skills and abilities (06-B-AFF-V) - since winter semester 2022/23

    • Everyday practical skills and abilities from the perspective of Disability Studies (seminar, 2 SWS)
    • Visually impaired (experiencing) life practice (exercise, 1 SWS)

    Module: Didactic foundations for visual impairments (06-B-DIDI-VQ) - since winter semester 2023/24

    • Braille shorthand (exercise, 1 SWS)

    Module: Current issues in the context of visual impairment [06-B-AKTU-V]

    • Inclusive practical project in the botanical garden (seminar, 2 SWS, winter semester 2025/26)

    Module: Functional diagnostics of vision (06-B-FSEH-V) - since summer semester 2022

    • Functional vision and low vision (seminar, 2 SWS)

    Module: Visual impairments from a medical perspective (06-B-MEDI-V) - since summer semester 2022

    • Application references of the medical basics (exercise, 1 SWS)

    Module: Scientific work in pedagogy with visual impairments (06-B-WISS-V)

    • Specialist literature in education for the visually impaired (seminar, 2 SWS, summer semester 2024)

    Module: Pedagogical assessment [06-B-PB-V] - since summer semester 2025

    • Barrier-free implementation of diagnostic test procedures for visual impairments (exercise, 1 SWS)

    Module: Technology in the context of visual impairments (06-B-ASTE-VQ) - since summer semester 2022

    • Assistive technology (seminar, 2 SWS)
      • of which conducted: Topic e-book standard and topic accessible PDF documents

    Free area - subject-specific

    • Accessible implementation of diagnostic test procedures for visual impairments (exercise, 1 SWS; summer semester 2023)
    • Accessible document design (seminar, 1-2 SWS; summer semester 2021, winter semester 2022/23)

    • Practical everyday skills and abilities in the context of visual impairments (seminar, 2 SWS; winter semester 2021/22)

    Module: Introduction to the theory and methodology of science (06-I-WiMe)

    • Research in education and special needs education (seminar, 1 SWS; summer semester 2021)

    Lectures and workshops

    • "Additional qualification: Pedagogy for visual impairments", Teaching courses for the State Institute for School Quality and Teacher Training Saxony-Anhalt (LISA), Department of Professionalisation of Teachers, from August 2025 - February 2026.
    • "About perception, challenges and strategies - diary-based perspectives of visually impaired people on the autism spectrum", poster presentation on 12 November 2025 at the symposium "MENSCHEN MIT AUTISMUS IN BAYERN - Aktueller Stand zur Umsetzung der Autismusstrategie Bayern", Munich.
    • "Teilhabe durch digitalisierungsbezogene Kompetenzen in der inklusiven Hochschulbildung - Perspektiven aus der Pädagogik bei Sehbeeinträchtigungen", individual contribution in collaboration with Jonitta Jesuthasan at the IFO 2025 - 38th Annual Conference of Inclusion Researchers - on 19 February 2025, Cologne.
    • "Grundlegende Informationen zum Förderschwerpunkt Sehen", guest lecture as part of the course"Inklusion konkret I" in September 2024 and 2025 at the Akademie für Lehrerfortbildung und Personalführung (ALP), Dillingen a. d. Donau.
    • "Barrier-free document design", online workshop on 14.12.2023 at the Bochum Centre for Disability Studies (BODYS) of the Protestant University of Applied Sciences Rhineland-Westphalia-Lippe.
    • "Barrierefreiheit und Selbstbestimmung: Ist die Herstellung von Barrierefreiheit ein pädagogisches Problem?", lecture on 3 August 2023 at the XXXVII Congress for Pedagogy for the Blind and Visually Impaired from 31 July 2023 - 4 August 2023 in Marburg an der Lahn.
    • "Lehre barrierefrei gestalten", online workshop on 20 October 2022 at the Centre for the Promotion of University Teaching at the University of Siegen

    Publications

    • Matic, I. (2024). Accessibility and self-determination: Is the creation of accessibility a pedagogical problem? In Verband für Blinden- und Sehbehindertenpädagogik e.V. (ed.), Life. Education. Participation (individual - specific - flexible). Congress report. XXXVII Congress for Pedagogy for the Blind and Visually Impaired from 31 July to 4 August 2023 in Marburg. Volume II - Contributions to the thematic volumes and working groups (pp. 111-121). Edition Bentheim. DOI: 10.36195/978-3-948837-34-1.
    • Capovilla, D., Matic, I., Fleger, J. (2024). Digital media and technology for visual impairments. Inclusive teaching and learning opportunities for teachers and learners. Beltz Juventa.
    • Matic, I. (2022). The promotion of visual skills through functional diagnostics of vision. In M. Gebhardt, D. Scheer & M. Schurig (Eds.), Handbuch der sonderpädagogischen Diagnostik. Fundamentals and concepts of status diagnostics, process diagnostics and support planning (pp. 545-562). Regensburg: University Library. https://doi.org/10.5283/epub.53149

    Projects

    Responsibilities at the chair

    • Student counselling
    • Teaching organiser

    Further education and training

    • Certificate in University Teaching of the Bavarian Universities: Subject certificate "Inclusive University Teaching"
    • Certificate in university teaching at Bavarian universities: advanced level
    • The TEACCH® approach to supporting people with ASD

    Networking

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