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ERIC Number: EJ335828
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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An Alternative View of Education for Deaf Children: Part I.
Livingston, Sue
American Annals of the Deaf, v131 n1 p21-25 Mar 1986
The article stresses the importance of teaching deaf children to think and learn through the development of meaning-making and meaning-sharing capacities. Classroom practices should thus be content focused and actively engage students in American Sign Language to develop general literacy. (CL)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Cognitive Processes, Deafness, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Acquisition, Learning Processes, Literacy, Sign Language, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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