This is certainly the case in the school where I work as a support teacher. Whole class teaching is currently enjoying favour with government ministers and teachers are receiving encouragement from that quarter. Besides this, the NLS is placing extra work on an already over-burdened primary teaching profession. Whilst whole class methods can be effective if used with discrimination, some aspects of this teaching style are poorly suited to visually impaired users. In particular, those techniques which require the pupil to have distance vision.
Teachers use various techniques to teach whole classes.
One popular way is to use a 'big book'. This is an enlarged book placed in front of the class. It allows sighted pupils to follow the text as it is read. Big books are an attractive option for teachers since they come complete with text and attractive illustrations. This makes them interesting for sighted pupils.