Dissertations / Theses: 'Schools for the deaf'

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González, Moraga Maribel del Carmen. "Being and becoming a Deaf Educator : the construction of Deaf Educators' roles and pedagogies in Chilean Deaf Schools." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2017. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.723458.

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Staten, Frederick Douglass. "Examining the influence of the residential school for the deaf experience on deaf identity." Diss., University of Iowa, 2011. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/2773.

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This study explored the impact of the residential school for the deaf experience on deaf identity development. The researcher utilized qualitative methodology, constant comparative analysis, and semi-structured interviews with 5 current students and 5 alumni from the Oregon School for the Deaf. The triangulation of participant interviews collectively yielded 67 textural codes and 8 structural categories in response to the four research questions: 1. Were there experiential factors that contributed to current students and alumni making the decision to attend the residential school for the deaf? 2. What, if any, is the impact of the residential school for the deaf on the identities of those who experience it? 3. How do the participants perceive their experience at the residential school for the deaf as preparation for life after graduation? 4. Based on participants' experiences with helping professionals, are there competencies, from their perspective, that helping professionals need in order to best serve individuals who are deaf? The data in the form of participant responses revealed that the immersive nature of the residential school for the deaf experience led to unfettered communication and comfort through sign language, thus making their educational experience more comfortable; increased personal and social Deaf cultural identification; and perceived readiness for life after graduation. In reference to helping professional competencies, participants reported professionals need to know the language and culture of the individuals who are being served.

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Elgar, Fern. "A comparative study of native residential schools and the residential schools for the deaf in Canada." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape16/PQDD_0018/MQ26914.pdf.

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Elgar, Fern (Fern Margaret) Carleton University Dissertation Sociology and Anthropology. "A Comparative study of native residential schools and the residential schools for the deaf in Canada." Ottawa, 1997.

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Biggs, Nalini Asha. "HIV/AIDS education in Kenyan schools for the deaf : teachers' attitudes and beliefs." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:2a3a2ac0-133d-46f6-b0f3-fcdd2e588a96.

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How do teachers’ attitudes and beliefs impact how HIV/AIDS education is implemented in Kenyan schools for the deaf? How do these attitudes and beliefs reflect how teachers think about Deafness? While there is extensive literature exploring in-school HIV/AIDS-related education in East Africa, there are few studies focusing on segregated schools for the deaf. There are also few studies exploring how educators think about Deafness as culture in this region. Western Kenya offers a useful site for the exploration of these topics with mandated, in-school HIV/AIDS curriculum and a high density of schools for the deaf. Related research also argues that teachers’ attitudes and beliefs and the politics of schooling are useful in exploring socio-cultural constructions of Deafness. While previous studies have argued that “Deaf-friendly” HIV/AIDS education is not occurring in this region, this study found examples in these schools. Data from this study also revealed that this education was shaped by the beliefs and attitudes teachers held about sexuality, and Deafness and sign language. Furthermore, this study found that these attitudes and beliefs revealed underlying beliefs about Deafness that illustrate a range of constructions within this group of teachers. This study spanned 15 weeks of fieldwork gathering data through interviews, questionnaires and observations with 81 participants. Data focused primarily on interviews and questionnaires with 43 teachers in three segregated schools for the deaf in the Nyanza and Western provinces. There were 8 Deaf teachers who participated from these school sites supplemented by an additional 24 Deaf participants working in schools across Kenya to balance data. This study found that while the nationally-mandated HIV/AIDS course curriculum was not implemented in these schools, there was a significant presence of “embedded” and informal HIV/AIDS education. Teachers had a range of feelings about this education, some of which were unique to teaching Deaf children and children using sign language. They also reported how “Deaf stereotypes” shaped how they approached and implemented this education. In some cases these beliefs and attitudes simply heightened preexisting concerns about HIV/AIDS education in similar ways to parallel studies of “regular” schools in this region. However the most striking conclusion from this research was that the presence of “Deaf culture” and the use of sign language among the student population changed the way teachers approached, implemented and reflected upon this education in unique ways not seen in “regular” schools. Interviews also showed that some teachers rationalized their approach to this education because they felt that the Deaf were “different” in certain ways, especially in terms of sexuality. These conclusions are helpful for those in HIV/AIDS education, Comparative and International Education, Disability Studies, Deaf Studies and Medical Anthropology.

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Ross, Linda L. "Becoming deaf : an ethnographic exploration of enculturation and acculturation at a residential deaf school /." The Ohio State University, 1999. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1488187049543208.

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方玉英 and Yuk-ying Theresa Fong. "To study the hearing impaired children's academic and social adjustment in ordinary schools and the supportive services theyrequired." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1993. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31977315.

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Fong, Yuk-ying Theresa. "To study the hearing impaired children's academic and social adjustment in ordinary schools and the supportive services they required." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1993. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13745128.

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Gottardis, L. "Deaf primary school children's achievement in mathematics." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:13f90aa3-c27e-46e2-a6b6-3db04de3712f.

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The present research aims to evaluate the extent of deaf children’s delay in mathematics, identifying the moderators of this delay and determine the longitudinal predictors of their mathematical achievement. For five decades, studies have reported that deaf children lag behind their hearing peers in mathematics (Gottardis, Nunes and Lunt, 2011). Background factors such as age, degree of hearing loss, presence of cochlear implant and types of educational provision were previously hypothesised to be moderators of the extent of this delay but, up to now, they have not been tested. Pagliaro (2010) argued that number knowledge, working memory and degree of hearing loss could be possible causes of deaf children’s difficulties in mathematics but no clear conclusions were reached. The present investigation aims to provide insight into the causes of deaf children’s delay in mathematics. The survey study addressed the first aim of the present study. The maths test of the Performance Indicators for Primary School (PIPS) was used as outcome measure. Factors related to deaf children (degree of hearing loss, age, years in education, presence of cochlear implant, gender, causes of deafness) and background factors (highest maternal education, language used at home, type of educational provision) were assessed as possible predictors and moderators of the extent of deaf children’s delay in mathematics. The overall extent of deaf children’s delay in mathematics was of -1.76 SDs. The older the children get and the more years they spend in special schools for the deaf or in units for hearing impaired, the wider is their gap in mathematics achievement compared with their hearing peers. It is, therefore, necessary to intervene in their mathematical learning in the early years of schooling in order to create pathways for improvement. The second aim of the present study was addressed through a longitudinal design. Logical-mathematical reasoning, working memory and counting ability were chosen as predictors of deaf children’s mathematical attainment on the basis of theoretical framework, evidence from longitudinal studies and from the analysis of the difficulties that deaf children have in these factors compared with hearing peers. Hierarchical regression analyses were used to assess the independence of the contributions of logical-mathematical reasoning, working memory and counting ability to the prediction of deaf children’s mathematical achievement measured through the PIPS. Age, years in education, type of educational provision and non-verbal intelligence were used as controls. Counting ability and working memory did make independent contributions to the prediction of deaf children’s mathematical success but logical mathematical reasoning was by far the strongest predictor. When the predictors were entered in the model, none of the control variables predicted significantly deaf children’s mathematical achievement. This study makes several empirical contributions. First, it established age, years in education and types of educational provision as moderators of the extent of deaf children’s delay in mathematics. Second, it determined the plausibility of a causal link between logical-mathematical reasoning, counting ability, working memory and deaf children’s mathematical achievement. The implication is that schools must explicitly plan to improve deaf children’s mathematical reasoning, counting ability and working memory when they are in kindergarten and in the first years of school in order to help the children’s mathematical development.

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Alothman, Abdulaziz. "Inclusive education for deaf students in Saudi Arabia : perceptions of schools principals, teachers and parents." Thesis, University of Lincoln, 2014. http://eprints.lincoln.ac.uk/19026/.

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This study is set in Saudi Arabia within the context of increasing national and international emphasis on inclusive education of deaf students and where policy overtly supports increasingly inclusive schools. This research is important because it is one of the few qualitative Saudi Arabian studies that have been conducted within the interpretive paradigm with a view to understanding the complexity of inclusive education. It specifically explores the factors that have influenced its theory and practice at inclusive boys’ primary schools for deaf students in the Saudi educational context. The empirical study which was set in the Local Educational Authority in Riyadh city focuses on the perceptions of schools' principals, teachers and parents of deaf students. It explores the knowledge, understanding, attitudes and experiences of these three groups of participants regarding the inclusive education of deaf students, in order to establish the factors that influence inclusive education and determine the kind of services that are needed for inclusive education of deaf students in the Saudi context. The study had two stages: the first involved exploratory focus-group interviews with schools' staff including schools' principals, teachers and parents of deaf students; and, stage two was based upon individual interviews, observations and documentary data. I adopted a purposive sampling strategy in both cases and overall 61 participants were included. A key finding was that principals of inclusive schools lacked the knowledge and understanding of inclusive education necessary for effective education for deaf students. This arguably has affected their attitudes and unconstructively influenced their attitudes towards the inclusive education of deaf students in their schools. Whilst the majority of teachers of deaf children had more knowledge and the necessary positive views towards their inclusive education and have tried to adapt classroom materials and activities to accommodate deaf students, the lack of support from principals inhibited them. In addition parents appear to lack knowledge about inclusion and its possibilities for their children and they are as such excluded from influencing educational policy and mostly do not play the role in inclusive schools to support their children that Saudi Arabian policy suggests they should. Other inhibiting factors for inclusive education for deaf students included insufficient facilities and resources, lack of training courses and lack of collaboration among school staff and between staff and parents of deaf students. My research indicates that these insufficiencies cannot be addressed without there being a symbiotic relationship between principals, teachers, parents, the Local Educational Authority, the Ministry of Education and the school environment. There is a strong need to create mechanisms to change the knowledge, attitudes and qualifications of principals, teachers and parents. Therefore in response to these findings I have developed and proposed a strategic model that focuses on the deaf student and their educational support, for the Saudi Education System. There is considerable research needed if inclusive education for deaf students is to be more grounded in an understanding of the context. The study ended with utilising its findings and previous literature to develop recommendations for theories of inclusive education and made contributions to knowledge about the role of attitudes. It also provided a set of policy guidelines and made suggestions about pedagogy. In Saudi, organisationally the Local Educational Authority need to pay more attention to funding inclusive schools and providing facilities and specialised training to school staff and parents. With work this may lead to successful inclusive education for deaf students in Saudi Arabia.

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Warren, Sarah Danielle. "DeaFFA: An Exploration of Agricultural Education in Schools for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing." UKnowledge, 2019. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/cld_etds/47.

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The Kentucky School for the Deaf agriculture program and FFA chapter is the second Deaf FFA chapter in the nation and has proven itself to be unique, successful, and worthy of investigation. This exploratory, collective/intrinsic Case Study examines the historical evidence of agriculture on the school’s campus, collects observations and interviews regarding agricultural education at the school, and provides insight to advise other educational institutions and organizations on the nature of agricultural education in a school for deaf and hard of hearing students.

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Lissi, Maria Rosa. "A descriptive study of deaf students and their reading teachers using English to participate in computer-networked conversations /." Digital version accessible at:, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.

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Haji, Shahminan Hajah Norbayah. "A critical exploration of deaf young people's underachievement in Brunei Darussalam." Thesis, Brunel University, 2012. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/7693.

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This study employs qualitative methods to explore the tensions experienced by deaf young people with hearing parents, hearing parents with little or no experience of deafness prior to the birth of their deaf children and language teachers with a lack of skills and knowledge of deafness in the implementation of an inclusive education system in Brunei Darussalam. The empirical evidence I used to develop and support my thesis involves data I have generated using a variety of data collection tools, and includes analysis of documents, interviews with 12 deaf people age 18-25 years old, 4 hearing parents and 4 teachers together with 8 hours of classroom observations. A thematic analysis was conducted to identify prevalent similarities in the participant’s responses. Underachievement among young deaf people was due to undeveloped language. Undeveloped language for communication is the major theme identified. This study argues that while certain barriers to participation in hearing inclusive classrooms and hearing environments may be being removed, perceptions of the deaf as being unable to communicate remain embedded in dominant disability discourse (Lang, 2001). The study’s conclusions are drawn within the context of proposing a framework for a holistic, integrated, community based educational support structure for Brunei Darussalam that meets the support requirements of deaf young people (DYP), parents and teachers within inclusive schools.

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[Verfasser], Sewalem Tsega Agegnehu. "Gender and Deafness in Education of the Deaf in Ethiopia: Problems, Gender Disparities and Possible Solutions at Alpha and Mekanissa Special Schools for the Deaf. / Sewalem Tsega Agegnehu." Aachen : Shaker, 2012. http://d-nb.info/1069047538/34.

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Jones, Erica. "Leadership Practices in K-12 Public Schools for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students| A Qualitative Study." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10979683.

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This study aspired to understand the practices implemented by school leaders to ensure deaf and hard-of-hearing students have access to nonacademic and extracurricular activities and services commensurate with their hearing peers. The participants for this study were school leaders as well as non-school leaders who worked with deaf and hard-of-hearing students in their nonacademic and extracurricular activities in secondary public schools. The data were collected through document reviews and semi-structured interviews to address the research question: What are the practices, if any, that school leaders implement and employ to support their staff in developing transformative leadership skills to ensure a culture of inclusion that ensures deaf and hard-of-hearing students have access to nonacademic and extracurricular services commensurate with their hearing peers? The data were analyzed through the lens of transformative leadership theory and illuminated three themes: administrative guidance, resources, and culture. Key findings indicated the need for more explicit policies at the district and school levels, more access to resources, and greater professional development opportunities to support the development of a strong culture.

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Choi, Sungkyu. "Cross-cultural attitudes toward deaf culture in a multi- and singular cultural society : a survey of residential school based teachers for the deaf who are deaf and hearing." Virtual Press, 1995. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/941571.

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During the past few years, Deaf culture has emerged as an important philosophy that could lead to a radical restructuring of Deaf education methods. The purpose of this study was to determine attitudes concerning Deaf culture from teachers of residential based schools for the Deaf who are Deaf and Hearing.Prior to initiating direct contact with the teachers, the superintendents or principals of the selected residential schools were contacted via mail, and their permission secured. In the United States, 279 teachers (69 teachers who are Deaf, 210 teachers who are Hearing) from seven midwest residential based schools for the Deaf and in South Korea 310 teachers (26 teachers who are Deaf, 284 teachers who are Hearing) from all eleven residential based schools for the Deaf participated.Two-factor ANOVA procedures with repeated measures on one factor were utilized to analyze the teachers' attitudes toward Deaf culture in America and South Korea from a 30-question survey using a five-point Likert scale.This study concluded that: (a) Deaf culture was a subculture in mainstream society whether it was a multi- or singular cultural society--although attitudes toward Deaf culture were accepted more negatively in a singular society than those in a multi-cultural society; (b) Deaf culture was accepted by teachers of schools for the Deaf who are Deaf more readily than those who are Hearing in both multi- or singular cultural societies; and (c) there was no significant correlation between attitudes of teachers who were employed at different levels of instruction, such as elementary and middle or secondary school.
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Leatherman, Edgar A. "Benefits of the West Virginia School for the Deaf horticulture program to past graduates 1984-1997." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2000. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=1619.

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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2000.
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Gross, H. "Social interaction and play in the deaf nursery school." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.380087.

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馮詠儀 and Wing-yee Fung. "Self-concept in hearing impairecd secondary school integrators." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1993. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31956403.

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Almutairi, Theeb. "The social interaction of children who are deaf and hard of hearing in mainstream schools in Saudi Arabia." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2016. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.723434.

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Fung, Wing-yee. "Self-concept in hearing impairecd secondary school integrators." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1993. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13597164.

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Burnette, A. Megan. "Factors influencing the decision-making processes of parents for the educational placement of their children who are deaf : a dissertation presented to the faculty of the Graduate School, Tennessee Technological University /." Click to access online version, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=95&did=1296090481&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=6&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1256313010&clientId=28564.

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Lee, Chongmin. "MIDDLE SCHOOL DEAF STUDENTS’ PROBLEM-SOLVING BEHAVIORS AND STRATEGY USE." The Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1291230924.

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Bliss, Courtney C. "Reframing Normal:The Inclusion of Deaf Culture in the X-Men Comic Books." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu149143787039966.

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He, Xirong. "How Chinese hearing parents support their deaf children to be ready for and educated at mainstream schools in Beijing, China." Thesis, Northumbria University, 2016. http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/30255/.

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Alongside the social and economic reform of the 1980s, special education and inclusive education have been developing rapidly over the last three decades in China. Despite increasing research on the positive relationship between parental involvement and children’s educational achievement, only a limited number of studies have begun to focus on how Chinese parents get involved in inclusive education in China. The aim of this research was to explore how a small group of Chinese hearing parents support their deaf children to be ready for and educated at mainstream schools in Beijing, China. A qualitative research design combining constructivist grounded theory and autoethnography was applied to this study. Following the guidelines of Charmaz’s grounded theory, intensive interviews were conducted with 10 Chinese hearing parents of deaf children in Beijing, China. All hearing parents were interviewed twice, resulting in 18 total interviews plus back-up interviews. Additionally, my own story of being a deaf person growing up and attending regular schools in Beijing, provided autoethnographic reflections on the data and codes. The analysis of interview data has explored and developed a conceptual theory of parental involvement including three key categories: the effects of parental involvement, parental involvement strategies, and the barriers to parental involvement. Also, these findings showed that Chinese hearing parents’ ‘tried and tested’ strategies for supporting their deaf child to be ready for and educated at mainstream schools and actively removing the barriers to their involvement. In conclusion, the findings of this research discussed that these parents’ attitudes towards deafness and inclusive education could influence their strategies in deaf diagnosis, early intervention, school settings and coaching their deaf child. And these findings suggested that this theoretical model of parental involvement could influence a deaf child’s development in self-concept and deaf identity, contributing to the theories and practices of parental involvement and inclusive education for deaf children in China.

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Mikutel, Douglas William. "From "Silence and darkness" : historical origins of the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind /." Link to online version, 2004. http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-05252004-181636.

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Melander, Hilary Ann. "An Evaluative Case Study of a Mathematics Program at a Deaf School in Ghana and an Ecological Explanation for Challenges Preventing Deaf Students Access to Quality Education." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2008. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd2669.pdf.

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Stemela, Unati. "Career construction and support of D/deaf high school learners in the Eastern Cape Province." Doctoral thesis, Faculty of Health Sciences, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34000.

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D/deaf people typically are not employed, or work in menial jobs, although they have been through high1 school in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The researcher has not observed them in professional careers. However, there is no empirical evidence why the D/deaf are excluded from the formal labour market after schooling. Understanding the underlying factors influencing such observations was important. The problem manifested in unemployment in the formal labour sector, but the researcher wanted to understand the root cause of this problem in depth. The aim of the study is to explore and critically analyse the D/deaf high school learners' construction of their careers and the supports available to them in constructing and realising their career aspirations. The international literature reviewed identifies knowledge gaps concerning career construction and supportive imperatives of D/deaf high school learners. The theory of career construction by Savickas (2005) frames this study and has been used throughout to guide and inform the study. This is a descriptive qualitative case study of career construction and support (Creswell, 2013). It was conducted in two of the five schools for the Deaf in two districts of the Eastern Cape. The learners came from rural, semi-rural and semi-urban homes. The schools (rural and semirural) were purposefully selected to participate in the study. The study population includes four participant groups; the deaf learners in high school (grade 10 -12), their parents, the teachers involved in the career guidance of the learners and members of the Department of Basic Education who were responsible for career guidance in deaf high schools. The data was collected using multiple methods: focus group discussions, individual interviews and document reviews. The findings indicate that careers are constructed under adverse conditions. These lead to learners' perceptions of limited support. The challenges with learning the school curriculum was a barrier to acquiring basic skills required for their careers. The challenges include an inability to use of South African Sign Language, a critical barrier affecting communication across participants (learners, teachers, Department of Education officials and parents). This impacted on teaching, learning, support, guidance and general communication. The contextual challenges and limited support structures negatively influence the way D/deaf high school learners in the Eastern Cape Province construct their future careers, their parents, the education system and the role played by organisations of Deaf people. The study shows that careers are constructed in a context of both positive and negative influences. The combination of both the negative influences and limited supports impacts more heavily on career construction than do the positive influences. D/deaf people in the Eastern Cape have limited opportunities to obtain employment in professional occupations because of the way the education system and society prepares them for such careers. The issues of colonialism and the previous apartheid regime still influence both the education system and the South African society.

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Wolf, Jennifer. "The Effects of Testing Accommodations Usage on Students' Standardized Test Scores for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students in Arizona Public Schools." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/195185.

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The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act mandate all children be included in state and district assessments to measure their progress. IDEA, NCLB, and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) require students have access to accommodations necessary for their participation in mandated testing. Due to problems secondary to their disability, students who are deaf and hard-of-hearing (D/HH) may have difficulty participating in testing programs designed for the general population. In order to have equal access to standardized testing, D/HH students may need to use testing accommodations.The purposes of this study were to: a) document the use of testing accommodations by students who are D/HH, b) identify the types and frequency of testing accommodations required by D/HH students attending general education classes in Arizona public schools, and c) to analyze the relationships between type and degree of hearing loss and SAT-9 achievement for students who are D/HH in Arizona public schools.The participants included 62 students in the first year of the study, and 53 students in the second year. All participants had diagnosed hearing losses and attended general education classes with support from teachers of the D/HH and/or other support personnel.Extended Time was the most frequently required accommodation. Principal components analysis resulted in clustering of accommodations variables into three components in 2002: Time and Administration, Presentation, and Student Directed, and four components in 2003: Presentation and Administration, Time and Materials, Response, and Student Directed. The accommodations used and their clustering were similar to those reported in the literature. Type of hearing loss was found to significantly affect reading achievement even when controlling for testing accommodations. The interaction between type and degree of loss significantly affected language achievement. Results demonstrated the reading and language achievement performance of students with mild and high frequency hearing loss fell behind students having greater levels of hearing loss. The use of testing accommodations resulted in mixed effects on student reading and language achievement performance. Changes in language scores, but not in reading scores, were found.

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Henderson, Murdock M. "The prevalence of learning disability among deaf youth a descriptive and comparative study /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2003. http://www.tren.com.

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Camatti, Liane. "A emergência do sujeito pedagógico surdo no espaço de convergência entre comunidade e escola de surdos." Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2011. http://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/6960.

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The visibility achieved by deaf school, from the renitence of discourses that take deafness as a linguistic, cultural difference, has generated a scenario of permanent convergence between deaf school and community. This occurs due to the fact that the deaf community has found in the school space a trench that enables community articulations. Then, there are new possibilities of investigating practices delimitated by the symbolic space emerging from the intersection between school and community. This research attempts to understand the production of the pedagogical deaf subject in the convergence between the community and school spaces. In order to do that, the context of three cities in Rio Grande do Sul has been investigated: Caxias do Sul, Porto Alegre and Santa Maria, through discussions with deaf students and teachers participating in the deaf school and also acting as community leaders. Post-structuralist studies have provided the theoretical support for the analysis. The development of this study has allowed for a general perspective of the deaf community s moves from their cultural capital and the way it catalyzes possibilities of resistance. The deaf school, taken with great positivity, has been constituted as a privileged space of constitution of specific ways of being deaf. The community has been inserted into the school aiming at recursively investing in the formation of a political profile of the deaf who are subject to pedagogization in that school, with the purpose of guaranteeing the maintenance of the very community.
A visibilidade adquirida pela escola de surdos, com a renitência de discursos que tomam a surdez como diferença linguística e cultural, gera um cenário de permanente convergência entre comunidade e escola de surdos. Isso ocorre em razão de a comunidade surda ter encontrado no espaço da escola uma trincheira que possibilita as articulações comunitárias. Daí, abrem-se possibilidades de investigar práticas delimitadas pelo espaço simbólico emergente, considerando-se a intersecção entre escola e comunidade. Esta pesquisa busca entender como se dá a produção do sujeito pedagógico surdo na convergência entre os espaços comunitário e escolar. Para isso, investigou-se o contexto de três cidades do Rio Grande do Sul Caxias do Sul, Porto Alegre e Santa Maria , através de discussões com alunos e professores surdos partícipes da escola e também líderes da comunidade. Para realizar o empreendimento de análise da materialidade obtida, buscou-se sustentação teórica nos estudos de vertente pós-estruturalista. O desenvolvimento deste estudo possibilitou traçar um panorama no qual a comunidade surda se articula a partir do seu capital cultural e catalisa possibilidades de resistência. Já a escola de surdos, tomada com grande positividade, constitui-se como um espaço privilegiado de constituição de modos específicos de ser surdo. A partir disso, tem-se que a comunidade se insere na escola de surdos com o propósito de investir recursivamente na formação de um perfil político no surdo pedagogizado nessa escola, com vistas a assegurar a manutenção da própria comunidade.

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Langer, Elizabeth Caldwell. "Classroom discourse and interpreted education: What is conveyed to deaf elementary school students." Connect to online resource, 2007. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3256442.

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Bower, Sarah. "Deaf pupils' experiences of inclusion within a mainstream primary school : a case-study." Thesis, Open University, 2006. http://oro.open.ac.uk/49073/.

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The aims of the study are: To research, and document, deaf pupils' experiences of inclusion, their perceptions of the way teachers view deafness, and to observe the effect of using sign language to educate the children within a mainstream setting. This study has as its focus 5 deaf pupils who are part of a Hearing Impaired Unit of 20 deaf children within the Greenview mainstream primary school for 700 pupils. I focus on three research themes: I Inclusion. Firstly: how do deaf pupils describe/feel about their learning experience in an inclusive classroom? Secondly: are deaf pupils a unique group in tenns of their needs? II Pedagogy. Firstly: what educational strategies are in place to make inclusion of deaf pupils work? Secondly: how do teachers' perceptions of deafness affect their pedagogy? III Communication. How does the presence of a facilitator, and their participation in the classroom, influence the situation? The philosophy influencing this study stems from a socio-constructivist perspective, and the three themes of inclusion, pedagogy and communication are revisited in each chapter. This study follows an ethnographic case study methodology, using an adaptation of Stake's (1995) 7 step methodology to address pupil issues, and Wood et aI's (1986) Moves Matrix codes to analyse pupl/teacher dialogue. Within its framework, the study uses observation and interview techniques to gain insights, from the child's perspective, as to how one school's 'inclusive' policy is experienced in practice. The study reveals surprising observations, finding that, for example: Within the theme of inclusion: Deaf pupils felt they could flourish within a mainstream classroom provided their unique identity and language needs were recognised and valued. They felt comfortable with "deaf aware" mainstream teachers who improved acoustic conditions within the classroom, managed audio equipment to amplify speech and kept background noise low. Within the theme of pedagogy: Experienced "deaf aware" teachers actively planned lessons with specialist staff to use a range of strategies suitable for deaf children's' learning. These experienced teachers adapted their communication strategies to use a more flexible approach to talking and listening. Within the theme of communication: BSL provides good language learning opportunities for the deaf pupils, but this is not always matched by the attitudes of mainstream staff. The mode of communication does not influence pupils as much as the strategy the teacher uses to introduce lessons. Deaf adults are necessary in the classroom to provide deaf children with mature BSL language experience and adult role models. A summary emerges of the experiences of deaf pupils at Greenview, and the aspects of inclusion that they find most helpful to learning. Such a multi-faceted glimpse into the children's educational experience will be of interest to teachers, parents and all those involved in the disability/inclusion debate.

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Elhageen, Adel Abdelfatah M. "Effect of interaction between parental treatment styles and peer relations in classroom on the feelings of loneliness among deaf children in Egyptian schools /." Berlin : WVB Wissenschaftlicher Verlag, 2005. http://www.wvberlin.de/data/inhalt/elhageen.htm.

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TAVEIRA, CRISTIANE CORREIA. "FOR A DIDACTICS OF DEAF INVENTION: PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICE IN THE PILOT SCHOOLS OF SIGN BILINGUAL EDUCATION IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2014. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=23563@1.

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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO
COORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOR
PROGRAMA DE EXCELENCIA ACADEMICA
O problema central desta tese está no letramento de alunos surdos, o que levou à reflexão sobre a constituição do pensamento através de signos e seus possíveis significados construídos socialmente. Faz-se a tentativa de preencher a lacuna apontada por Lebedeff (2010) sobre quais seriam as práticas pedagógicas advindas da necessidade discursiva da experiência visual da surdez e a quais eventos de letramento visual se referem esses discursos. Os objetivos específicos da pesquisa foram os seguintes: 1. Identificar as características das práticas pedagógicas dos instrutores surdos em atuação nas escolas-piloto de educação bilíngue no município do Rio de Janeiro; 2. Analisar as inter-relações entre as práticas pedagógicas dos instrutores surdos com o letramento visual ou o uso de recursos apoiados em imagens. 3. Caracterizar as práticas pedagógicas negociadas com o professor (ouvinte) junto ao instrutor surdo. Contudo, verificamos que há outras práticas que estão ocorrendo diante de fatores, tais como a forte tendência autobiográfica do surdo, manifesta na construção de narrativas surdas em uma linguagem própria, o que envolve não somente a língua de sinais ou língua escrita (portuguesa). Para a compreensão das negociações de sentido, parte-se para a linguagem de interações que é fator fundamental à compreensão da comunicação e da sociabilidade; estas não se concretizam somente por meios e suportes, mas também mediada por interpretações, anseios e conflitos. Diante dessa perspectiva, consideramos que os surdos encontram-se em um processo de desequilíbrio ritual e abordamos os jogos de interação em uma linguagem goffmaniana (1981, 1985, 1988, 2011). Motivou-nos abordar esse panorama complexo em escolas regulares onde foram validadas etapas metodológicas sucessivas: 1. Conhecimento do contexto arquitetônico, humano e tecnológico das escolas; 2. Apresentação da educação bilíngue ao diretor e coordenador pedagógico; 3. Acompanhamento das salas de recursos, pela pesquisa, de modo a documentar a bidocência por meio dos registros fílmicos; 4. Construção de material de formação continuada a partir da edição de fotografias e filmagens para espaço da formação com os Instrutores Surdos, Intérpretes de LIBRAS e Professores das Salas de Recursos; 5. Encontros anuais de Educação Bilíngue organizados para 400 a 600 participantes. A pesquisa envolveu também algumas providências quanto a: equipar as salas de recursos com materiais pertinentes à surdez; capacitar professores, instrutores surdos e intérpretes de LIBRAS; oferecer cursos de formação continuada em LIBRAS. Delinearam-se três estilos de aula: a. Expositiva em língua de sinais com o uso mais tradicional de apresentação de assunto ou tema com incremento de imagens; b. Informatizada em língua de sinais com o uso de outros meios como história em quadrinhos, desenhos, jogos e representações; c. Dramatizada ou teatralizada em língua de sinais com o uso de recursos cênicos. Considerando que a perspectiva fundamental da didática assume o processo ensino-aprendizagem em sua multidimensionalidade, ou seja, os aspectos político, humano e técnico, como nos indica Candau (1983, 2012a), enxergá-la junto a uma parte dos instrutores surdos de língua de sinais fez parte da proposta desta pesquisa-ação que demandou 69 incursões a campo com filmagens desses estilos de aula e de recursos usados em 12 escolas-piloto de Educação Bilíngue no Município do Rio de Janeiro. Justifica-se o esforço de análise e, principalmente, de catalogação dos artefatos encontrados nas escolas públicas municipais cariocas, cerne desta tese, na qual o pano de fundo não deixam de ser as narrativas surdas, porém não nos prendendo a elas, mas à arte dos surdos e de alguns ouvintes em criar suportes, recursos, práticas pedagógicas que criam outros modos de ensino-aprendizagem em prol de uma didática da invenção surda.
The central concern in this thesis is in the literacy of deaf students, which led to the consideration of the constitution of thought through signs and its possible socially constructed meanings. It is focused on the attempt to fill the gap pointed by Lebedeff (2010) on which would the pedagogical practices be from the discursive need of the visual experience of deafness and to which visual literacy events these discourses refer to. The specific objectives of the research were: 1. To identify the characteristics of the pedagogical practices of the deaf instructors acting in pilot schools of bilingual education in the city of Rio de Janeiro; 2. To analyze the interrelationships between the pedagogical practices of the deaf instructors with visual literacy or the use of resources supported by images. 3. To describe the pedagogical practices negotiated with the teacher (listener) together with the deaf instructor. However, we found out that are other practices that are occurring in the face of these factors such as the strong autobiographical tendency of the deaf individuals, expressed by the construction of deaf narratives in their own language, which involves not only sign language or written language (Brazilian Portuguese). To understand the negotiations of meaning, we set out to the language of interactions, which is a key factor in understanding the communication and sociability; these are realized not only by means and media, but also mediated by interpretations, desires and conflict. Given this perspective we considered that the deaf individuals are in a process of ritual imbalance and we approached games of interaction in a Goffman language (1981, 1985, 1988, 2011). We were motivated to address this complex panorama, in research, in regular schools where successive methodological steps were validated: 1 Knowledge of architectural, human, and technological context of the schools; 2 Presentation of bilingual education for the director and pedagogical coordinator; 3 Monitoring of resource rooms, in order the research, to document two teachers (deaf and hearing) through the records on film (movie); 4 Construction of continuing education material from the photo editing and filming for training with the deaf instructors, sign language interpreters and teachers of resources rooms; 5. Bilingual Education Annual meetings arranged for 400 to 600 participants. The research also involved some steps as: equip the rooms with resource materials relevant to deafness; continuing training for teachers, deaf instructors and deaf sign language interpreters; offer continuing education courses in sign language. Outlining three styles of curricula: a. Lecture in sign language with the more traditional use of presentation of subject or theme with incremental images; b. Computerized lesson in sign language with the use of other media like comics, cartoons, games and representations; c. Dramatized lesson in sign language with the use of scenic resources. Whereas basic didactic perspective assumes teaching-learning process in its multidimensionality, i.e. the political, human and technical aspects, as indicated by Candau (1983, 2012a), it was part of the purpose of this action-research to comprehend it along with some of the Deaf Instructors of the sign language: the lesson styles and the resources used by 12 Deaf Instructors. They are those who managed to promote sign language and deaf culture, with greater effectiveness, as the largest investment of resources in pilot schools of Bilingual Education in the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro. The effort of analysis is justified and especially the cataloging of the artifacts found in the public municipal schools of Rio de Janeiro - core of this thesis - in which the background is nonetheless deaf narratives, but not holding on to them, but to the art of deaf individuals and some listeners in creating means, resources, pedagogical practices that create other approaches to teaching and learning towards a teaching of the deaf invention.

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Chake, Nkhululeko. "Evaluation of support and training sign language services at Setotolwane Secondary School." Thesis, University of Limpopo, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/2351.

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Support and training services serves as a key to easy life for the deaf community. The whole experience allows deaf people to batter people who understand who they are and how life should be. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the support and training Sign Language services provided at Setotolwane Secondary School. Data was collected from Setotolwane Secondary School using semi-structured interviews. Qualitative approach was used where ten (10) people were interviewed. Among then there were five (5) deaf learners and five (5) Sign Language teachers. Finally, the results show that deaf people are being provided with support and training Sign Language service. The services provided are not enough that are further recommendations to improve in the situation. This study aims to indicate how relevant support and training can improve and empower the deaf community around the world. Keywords Sign Language, support services, training services

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Watson, Martreece Richardson. "Telling Their Stories:Black d/Deaf High School Students Graduating with Diplomas, A Case Study." The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1499772454465427.

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Dalvi, Rubina. "A case study of the constitution of school mathematics for the deaf in three primary school classrooms." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12011.

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This dissertation presents an investigation of the constitution of mathematics for a group of deaf learners in grades 4, 5 and 6. These learners were taught in sign language on the topics of integers, time and fractions. Four lessons were observed and video-recorded. The lessons were transcribed from sign language to English.

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Gustus, Christine H. "E-Mentoring an Educator in a State School for the Deaf| An Action Research Study." Thesis, Lindenwood University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10284660.

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The purpose of this qualitative action research study was to explore the benefits and challenges of e-mentoring an adult learner in a rural state school for the deaf that taught children with hearing loss to listen and speak. This school lacked the benefit of a spoken language programs for deaf children. This study focused on e-mentoring the Lead Teacher/SLP, in order to enhance her understanding of language development in children with hearing loss and improve her ability to use diagnostic teaching, in order to implement strategies that would allow the children in this specialized classroom to continue to develop spoken language. Through use of synchronous and asynchronous e-mentoring, I assisted the mentee as she developed a plan specifically focused on providing her with the skills needed to lead/direct the program independently, in order for it to continue successfully. The mentee and supervisory/administrative staff were participants of this study. The mentee participated in the e-mentoring process twice each month, for 30-45 minutes per session, for one academic school year.

The mentee typically guided the topic of the e-mentoring session by asking for assistance in a particular instructional area. On alternate weeks, I was in contact with the mentee via email, text, and/or phone. After e-mentoring, I completed a journal entry with my thoughts about the session and the mentee responded to questions about the e-mentoring experience. At the conclusion of the academic year, I conducted a focus group with the supervisors and administrators of the spoken language program asking for input about this new program. Secondary data were collected from vocabulary and concept tests on the children attending the program using. Results from the journaling and responses to questions and focus group were coded and analyzed for emerging themes. One major themes was Change, with subthemes of opportunities, e-mentoring the spoken language program, progress of the children, perceptions of the program, increase in enrollment, and scheduling. Other major themes included Andragogy and e-mentoring, Teaching Strategies, and Technology. The results of this study may be important to administrative personnel in state schools for the deaf, interested in initiating a spoken language classroom.

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Amann, Nancy Hilbok. "Closed captioning as a literacy tool for deaf and hard-of-hearing middle school students." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/282903.

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This study seeks to ascertain the potential influence of television closed-captioning on literacy among deaf and hard-of-hearing children. Television watching has become increasingly popular among deaf and hard-of-hearing children (Hobbs, 2005), and past studies show exciting potential for the use of closed-captioning as a literacy tool (Koskinen, Wilson & Jensema, 1985; Jensema, McCann & Ramsey, 1996). The study took place over 5 weeks and was conducted with 13 middle school students at a school for the deaf. As part of the study, the 13 students were shown 10 different 30-minute captioned video segments of different genres and interests. Prior to and after each showing, the students took pre-and-post tests containing five vocabulary words that appeared in the video shown. (Each post-test contained the same five words appearing in its corresponding pre-test.) In addition, after each showing, the students engaged in classroom discussions on the recently-viewed video program, which were observed and analyzed. The findings--and, in particular, the pre-and post-test scores--showed marked improvement in vocabulary scores after each captioned program viewing. The findings also potentially indicate that closed-captioning can expose deaf and hard-of-hearing children to new and unfamiliar words to which they otherwise would not be exposed. In addition, the post-viewing discussions indicated that, throughout the study, the students employed the tri-level literacy framework, using functional, cultural, and critical literacy. And, by discussing in American Sign Language (ASL) the recently-viewed captions, the students employed linguistic interdependence, or the use of dominant and secondary languages to reinforce development in both. Closed captioning also proved to be a useful source of "triggering" words, which generated experience and funds-of-knowledge recollection among the students. As a part of media literacy, closed-captioning is a motivating tool that teachers can use to activate prior knowledge among deaf students. In sum, this study shows that closed-captioning can positively impact literacy levels among deaf and hard-of-hearing students. Accordingly, closed-captioning can play a useful role in developing literacy, and parents and educators of deaf children should devise ways to incorporate closed-captioning as part of the deaf child's literacy environment.

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Madsen, Britania. "Hidden in Plain Sight: Black Deaf Education and the Expansion of the Carceral State." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1619128044814797.

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Pang, Lau Seung-man Bessie. "Social aspects of integration of children with profound hearing impairment in Hong Kong primary schools." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 1990. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/HKUTO/record/B38627085.

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Stobbart, Carlin Lillian. "Home-based literacy experiences of severely to profoundly deaf pre-schoolers and their hearing parents." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2005. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04172007-133642.

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Gibbons, Elizabeth. "A NATIONAL SURVEY ON THE ROLE OF THE SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST IN EDUCATIONAL PLACEMENT DECISIONS FOR DEAF STUDENT." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2008. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/18763.

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One of the most controversial issues in the field of education is the determination of the educational placement of deaf K-12 students. Although school psychologists are involved in the determination process, little is known about their specific role in decision-making. School psychologists (n=357) with varying degrees of specialization in this area were surveyed with regard to their experience and perceptions. Results indicated that student audiological status predicts the types of assessment data that school psychologists collect and report in order to inform educational placement decisions. Participants who responded to the survey on the basis of their experience making placement decisions for deaf students (n=54) perceived themselves as less influential over the decisions than participants who responded on the basis of their experience making placement decisions for hearing students (n=303). Additionally, there was a relationship between school psychologists' specialization in the area of deafness and the interpretation of the phrase, the "least restrictive environment." Possible explanations and the associated implications of these findings are discussed.
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Danielsson, Louise. "Det teckenspråkiga klassrummet : en arena för möte mellan elever och lärare." Licentiate thesis, Stockholms universitet, Specialpedagogiska institutionen, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-93151.

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The aim of this study is to investigate the interaction in sign language in a classroom in the special school for deaf and hard of hearing pupils. Three questions are of particular interest: What characterizes interaction in educational situations where the whole class is present compared to half the class and when the pupils in small groups are solving problems given by the teacher? How are a hearing and a deaf teacher interacting in the classroom? And How are boys and girls interacting in different educational situations? Theoretically the study is based on an educational interaction model. Of particular interest in this model are restrictive and permissive aspects of teaching and factors stimulating pupil participation. Symbolic interactionism has been used in the interpretation of face-to-face interaction in sign language. Video recordings of classroom interaction in natural sciences were documented in a class in the special school comprising 17 pupils and three teachers. A total of seven lessons were recorded consisting of whole class teaching, half class teaching and problem solving in small groups. Of the pupils ten were girls and seven were boys and of the teachers one was hearing and one was deaf. The third teacher was only temporarily in the class and was not included in the analysis. The recorded material was transcribed and analyzed in six steps. The results show that the teachers are most restrictive in whole class teaching while there is more participation from the pupils in half class teaching. In the small group problem solving the teachers seem to be more interested in the group process than in getting an answer to the problem. This gives a lot of room for individual actions and interaction of a relational kind rather than educational. There tend to be some visible differences between the hearing and the deaf teacher. The former uses a more individual approach towards the pupils, I-Gaze, which leaves room for the pupils to be engaged in other activities. The deaf teacher on the other hand keeps all the pupils engaged by using a group approach, G-Gaze. Other differences are the use of literacy tools where the deaf teacher situates the material and keeps the attention of the pupils by telling a narrative. Concerning differences between boys and girls it is evident that the boys are more dominant in whole class and half class interactions while the girls tend to take over the teacher role in small group interaction. These results are discussed in relation to theoretical background and research on classroom interaction in the compulsory school and in schools for deaf pupils.

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Clubb, Orville Leverne. "The use of IT in enhancing the literacy and communication skills of deaf Chinese school pupils." Thesis, University of Sunderland, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.391919.

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Müller, Janete Inês. "Língua portuguesa na educação escolar bilíngue de surdos." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/149088.

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Na articulação aos Estudos Culturais em Educação, aos Estudos Surdos e à Linguística, busca-se, nesta tese, responder à seguinte problemática de pesquisa: como o ensino de língua portuguesa a surdos vem sendo produzido em contextos de educação escolar bilíngue no Rio Grande do Sul? Para isso, objetiva-se: a) descrever e problematizar a educação bilíngue em escolas de surdos do Rio Grande do Sul; b) investigar e analisar práticas discursivas de ensino de língua portuguesa a surdos em contextos de educação escolar bilíngue. Ao operar com ferramentas teórico-metodológicas da análise de discurso foucaultiano, os dados desta investigação foram produzidos em etapas: 1) visitas de apresentação a oito (8) escolas participantes da pesquisa, incluindo conversas com integrantes de equipes diretivas e professoras (com encaminhamento de procedimentos éticos); 2) pesquisa em documentos escolares: Regimento Escolar, Proposta Político-Pedagógica e Planos de Estudos do componente curricular de Língua Portuguesa; 3) entrevistas presenciais com doze (12) professoras de Língua Portuguesa a surdos; 4) rodas de conversa com as professoras participantes da pesquisa. Em uma análise de artefatos culturais, sinaliza-se que, diante dos fracassos dos estudantes surdos em escolas especiais ou comuns e da consequente resistência a ineficazes modos oralistas e bimodais de ensino, luta-se por outro modo de condução: uma educação bilíngue, que está sendo construída em escolas de surdos. Na composição do corpus desta pesquisa, a investigação empreendida possibilita concluir que uma educação escolar bilíngue de surdos é tecida principalmente em práticas discursivas acadêmicas, políticas e escolares, sendo o ‘discurso da educação bilíngue’ produzido por enunciados de diferentes campos discursivos, que lhe conferem status de verdade. Em defesa da potencialidade de uma educação escolar bilíngue de surdos, centralizada no ensino e no acesso ao mundo em Libras, no contato com artefatos da cultura surda e no encontro com diferentes surdos, a investigação de contextos escolares também aponta impasses e desafios, principalmente linguístico-culturais (uso e status das línguas em contato), socioeconômicos (participação familiar e investimentos na escola) e político-pedagógicos (atravessamentos das mantenedoras, concepções que permeiam a educação de surdos, formação docente e propostas de ensino das professoras). Nesses singulares cenários escolares, cotidianamente (re)inventados, figura o ensino de língua portuguesa, e sua importância atribui-se à interação social de surdos no País, sendo que estes, como estudantes, têm sinalizado maior interesse em aprendê-la. Nesta tese, a língua portuguesa, na modalidade escrita, é entendida como uma língua adicional à Libras, de modo que, em práticas discursivas pedagógicas e escolares, é dada relevância para a educação linguística e o letramento de surdos em português. Nesses processos de ensino, sugerem-se mudanças curriculares; também se apontam os necessários avanços na produção de recursos didáticos e na interlocução com subsídios teóricos e estratégias metodológicas. Além disso, o olhar para as práticas discursivas escolares possibilita concluir que o ensino de língua portuguesa está articulado a representações acerca do sujeito surdo, a concepções de ensino de uma língua e a experiências escolares.
In conjunction to Cultural Studies in Education, to the Deaf Studies and to Linguistics, it is sought, in this thesis, to answer the problem of search: how has the Portuguese language teaching for deaf been produced in bilingual education contexts in Rio Grande do Sul? For this, the objective is to: a) describe and discuss bilingual education in deaf schools in Rio Grande do Sul; b) investigate and analyze discursive practices of Portuguese teaching for deaf in bilingual education contexts. When operating with theoretical and methodological tools of Foucault's discourse analysis, the data of this research were produced in stages: 1) visits for presentation to eight (8) schools participating in the survey, including conversations with members of the school management and teacher teams (with routing ethical procedures); 2) research on school documents: School Rules, Political and Pedagogical Plans and the curricular component of Portuguese Studies; 3) in-person interviews with twelve (12) Portuguese-speaking teachers for deaf; 4) conversation circles with participant teachers of the research. In an analysis of cultural artifacts it indicates that, given the failures of deaf students in special or regular schools and the consequent resistance to ineffective oral and bimodal teaching methods, it is necessary to fight for another conduction mode: a bilingual education, which is being built on deaf schools. In the composition of the corpus of this research, undertaken research makes it possible to conclude that a bilingual education for deaf is mainly woven in academic, political and discursive practices being the 'discourse of bilingual education' produced by statements of different discursive fields, which give true status. In defense of the capability of a bilingual education for the deaf, centered on education and access to the world of Sign Language, in contact with artifacts of deaf culture and the encounter with different deaf, the school context research also points obstacles and challenges, particularly language - cultural (use and status of languages in contact), socioeconomic (family participation and investment in school) and political-pedagogical (penetrations of the sponsors, concepts that permeate the education for the deaf, teacher training and educational proposals for teachers). These unique school settings, daily (re)invented stands the Portuguese language teaching, and its importance is attributed to social interaction for the deaf in the country, and these, as students, have signaled greater interest in learning it. In this thesis, the Portuguese language in the written form is understood as an additional language to Sign Language, so that, in pedagogical and discursive practices, it is given relevance for language education and literacy in deaf Portuguese. In these educational processes, they suggest curriculum changes; also show the necessary advances in the production of teaching resources and dialogue with theoretical support and methodological strategies. In addition, the look at the school discursive practices allows to conclude that the Portuguese language teaching is articulated to representations about the deaf subject, the teaching concepts of language and school experiences.

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Pedersen, Christian. "The Sensory Garden Experience: A Sensory Enrichment Design for the Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind." The University of Arizona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291178.

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The focus of this master’s report was to examine the sensory garden experience - a comforting space that emphasizes the broad stimulation of all 5 of the user’s senses. Tucson’s beautiful Arizona School for the Deaf & Blind (ASDB) provides an education and sense of place for its students and community; moreover it serves as a cultural resource and center for Deaf culture and developing young minds. However the problem is that the campus truly lacks an outdoor space that unifies the campus as a whole and provides an enhanced sensory experience for its student body and populace. The intent of this master’s report was to develop a set of comprehensive guidelines and principles that designers will be able to use in the future to enhance the sensory experience for deaf and blind users. These guidelines have been applied towards the design of a master plan for the Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind located in Tucson, Arizona. The sensory garden serves as a means of providing students, faculty and guests with an opportunity to interact with the environment, engage in passive recreation, spaces for opportunistic meetings, the promotion of cultural awareness, and last it provides all of its users with a heightened sensory experience. This report has investigated: the various components of a sensory garden, the concept behind sensory designs, and how our senses interact in relation to spaces. The report also examined potential design standards used in DeafSpace and blind spaces, and last it examined sensory mapping and how its methods are involved in the design process.

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Roddy, Troy. "Frame Analysis of the Self-Perceived Leadership Orientations of Headmasters of the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest, Southern Association of Independent Schools, and the Association of Independent Schools of Greater Washington Member Schools." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2010. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1217.

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This study examined the self-perceived leadership orientations of headmasters of independent schools. This research expanded the current body of work that supports Bolman and Deal's (2003) multi-frame explanation that leaders use different orientations (frames) to understand their roles, clarify organizational situations, and make decisions. Using the four-frame model (structural, human resource, political, and symbolic) by Bolman and Deal, this study sought to identify common leadership orientations employed by headmasters of Independent Schools Association of the Southwest (ISAS), Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS), and the Association of Independent Schools of Greater Washington (AISGW) member Schools. The study also identified how many frames headmasters use and to what extent the self-perceived orientations relate to the headmasters' self-perceived overall effectiveness as managers and leaders. The Leadership Orientations (Self) survey developed by Bolman and Deal (1990) was revised, validated, and reliability was established before being sent to 272 headmasters of member schools of ISAS, SAIS, and AISGW. Data were collected from 94 respondents. The ISAS, SAIS, and AISGW are non-profit, voluntary membership organizations of independent schools located mostly in the southeastern and southwestern United States, as well as the greater Washington, DC metro area. The ISAS, SAIS, and AISGW are also members of good standing of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) Commission on Accreditation. An analysis of the data revealed, through descriptive statistics, that all four frames are used by the headmasters and most headmasters report using more than one frame. Data analysis suggests that specific relationships exist between the headmasters' self-reported frame use and their perceived effectiveness as managers and as leaders. In addition, differences were observed between frame usage and teacher certification and frame usage and years of administrative experience.

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Costa, Raika Sampaio de Macedo. "Educação bilíngue para surdos em uma escola estadual de Manaus: desafios e possibilidades." Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), 2018. https://repositorio.ufjf.br/jspui/handle/ufjf/6704.

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O presente estudo foi desenvolvido na extensão do Mestrado em Gestão e Avaliação da Educação da Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora. O caso estudado constitui-se em análise acerca do ensino oferecido a surdos de uma escola da rede estadual de Manaus, denominada Escola Estadual Augusto Carneiro dos Santos (EEACS), que tem como documentos norteadores o Projeto Político Pedagógico, o Regimento e a proposta curricular bilíngue. Tal proposta tem como base legal o Decreto Federal 5626, de 22 de dezembro de 2005, o qual assegura que os alunos surdos tenham uma educação bilíngue, ou seja, uma educação pautada no ensino da língua de sinais como língua de instrução para a aquisição da língua portuguesa na modalidade escrita. O objetivo definido para este estudo foi compreender de que forma as práticas de ensino desta escola são efetivas no sentido de valorização do indivíduo surdo quanto às suas peculiaridades e especificidades, em respeito às suas diferenças linguística, identitária e cultural. Para tanto, foi feita uma contextualização histórica e política da educação no Brasil, além da descrição da rede estadual de educação de Manaus e da EEACS. Visando ao desenvolvimento de um trabalho pautado no papel da gestão escolar, optamos por uma pesquisa qualitativa, um estudo descritivo e uma pesquisa bibliográfica sobre a educação para surdos. Esta pesquisa utiliza observação do cotidiano escolar e entrevista como instrumentos para coleta de dados. Diante da observação e análise dos dados, percebemos que, por falta de capacitação de alguns professores em língua de sinais e inexistência de um sistema de avaliação adaptado ao surdo, a concepção de educação bilíngue, por parte dos atores envolvidos no processo educacional, se mostrou superficial, distanciando-se do que é apresentado nos documentos que embasam o trabalho da escola. Frente a isso, a pesquisa pretendeu desenvolver um Plano de Ação Educacional (PAE) voltado para uma educação com base em uma perspectiva bilíngue. Para isso, utilizaremos autores que abordam a temática, como Perlin (1998), Skliar (1998), Guarinello (2007), Stürmer (2009), Gesser (2009), Sá (2011), Silvério (2014), dentre outros, além dos fundamentos legais.
The present study was developed in the extension of the Mestrado em Gestão e Avaliação da Educação of the Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora. The case studied is an analysis about the education offered to the deaf students of a school of the state network of Manaus, called Escola Estadual Augusto Carneiro dos Santos (EEACS), which has as guiding documents the Pedagogical Political Project, the Regiment and the bilingual curriculum proposal. This proposal has as its legal basis the Federal Decree 5626, of December 22, 2005, which ensures that deaf students have a bilingual education, in other words, an education based on the teaching of sign language as a language of instruction for the acquisition of the Portuguese language in written form. The objective defined for this study was to understand how the teaching practices of this school are effective in the sense of valuing the deaf individual as to their peculiarities and specificities, in respect to their linguistic, identity and cultural differences. For that, was made a historical and political contextualization of education in Brazil, besides the description of the state education network of Manaus and of the EEACS. Aiming at the development of a work based on the role of school management, we chose a qualitative research, a descriptive study and a bibliographical research on education for the deaf. This research uses observation of everyday school life and interviews as instruments for data collection. Before the observation and data analysis we realize that, for lack of training of some teachers in sign language and absence of an evaluation system tailored to the deaf, the conception of bilingual education, by the actors involved in the educational process, has showed itself as superficial, distancing itself from what is presented in the documents that underpin the work of the school. Against this, the research intends to develop an Educational Action Plan (Plano de Ação Educacional - PAE) facing an education based on a bilingual perspective. For that, we will use authors who approach the subject, as Perlin (1998), Skliar (1998), Guarinello (2007), Stürmer (2009), Gesser (2009), Sá (2011), Silvério (2014), amongst others, besides the legal grounds.

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