Plenary Lecture

Applicability Didactical Instruments PUD-BJ In Improving Individual’s Handwriting Style In Medical Purposes During The Rehabilitation Of Individuals After The Stroke

Professor Jozica Bezjak
University of Primorska PEF
Cankarjeva 5, 6000 Koper
Slovenia
E-mail: jozica.bezjak2@gmail.com

Abstract: Successfulness of the contemporary method of initial literacy was the research’s matter. Our aim was to manufacture innovative instruments for reading and writing that can be used for preschool children – electronic didactic tablets, anatomically designed pen and sound picture books, and to test them in practice in kindergartens, first grades of nine-year primary school, programmes for children with special needs and with illiterate adults. Moreover, we questioned the current method of the initial literacy. We do not believe in the reasonableness of writing over-dimensional letters on the blackboard and in the notebook as this takes children too much energy and is completely inadequate since we do not write with the shoulder and the elbow, but we with the twist of the wrist and usually with three fingers.
That is why we started to think how we could make initial reading and writing easier and of a shorter way to literacy. The idea’s concept was an electronic didactic tablet. To make reading more pleasant, there is a picture book, available in classic and electronic sound form.
Furthermore, to make the writing table even more useful and attractive we added additional electronic devices which enable:
• the display of the number of the repetitions of writing on electronic tablet (LCD display),
• rewarding the user after certain number of repetitions with automatic sound play of melodies from the sound picture book,
• the possibility of connecting with the PC which would increase didactic tablet’s applicability (vocal dictating letters, keeping statistics...).
The results of the research showed extraordinary successfulness of our innovative method after only a fourteen day usage of the instruments. In conclusion we came to cognition of didactical instruments applicability in improving individual’s handwriting style and in medical purposes during the rehabilitation of individuals after the stroke.

Brief Biography of the Speaker: Jozica Bezjak is a professor of education at the University of Primorska. In the field of education she graduated, made her master and her PhD she made out of contemporary materials and technologies at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of natural sciences and engineering. She takes the science research of new materials and technologies out of medicine and technique – shape memory alloys, contact materials in microelectronics and technik. Her second degree she achieved in a special field of engineering pedagogic:»ING – PEAD IGIP«. Afterwards he made her second PhD out of engineering pedagogic at the Alpen Adria University of Klagenfurt in Austria. Science 1986 she take her research, science and pedagogic work on the different science and pedagogic institutions: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of natural sciences and engineering, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of pedagogic, University of Primorska, Alpen Adria University Klagenfurt, University Usti nad Labin (Czech Republic). At the University Usti nad Labin she teached courses at the graduated and post-graduated program mathematic-technic, physic-technic and pedagogic.
More than 692 works of her is to find in COBISS, of which more than 20 monographs. She recived numerous of honors and awards – Sokrates excellence SOVA for the highest achievements in the field academic didactic ("special engaged and excellent teaching in higher education"), she was awarded with the highest national award of Slovenia for the highest achievements in scientific research and teaching (2005).She is the president of the Association of Teachers of technical creativity of Slovenia. Over the last ten years (2003 - 2011) was also president of the Organizing and Scientific Committee and editor of the International Scientific Symposium "Technical creativity in school's curricula with the form of projectlearning "From idea to the product" - from the kindergarten to the technical faculty", Portoroz, Slovenia.