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ERIC Number: EJ1392600
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-May
Pages: 11
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0256-0100
EISSN: EISSN-2076-3433
Sign Language Education in Pre-School: Prospective Pre-School Teachers' Views about the Turkish Sign Language Course
Pistav Akmese, Pelin; Kayhan, Nilay
South African Journal of Education, v43 n2 Article 2179 May 2023
Pre-school education is significant in the education of deaf children. The pre-school teacher is a gateway to realising the inclusion of deaf children in schools. In this study we investigated prospective pre-school teachers' opinions and thoughts about sign language in deaf children's education. In this descriptive study we employed the qualitative research method: semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 prospective pre-school teachers who took the elective sign language course in the fall semester of the 2018-2019 academic year. The main themes obtained from the interviews were as follows: "Quality in early childhood education", "Innovative practices in teacher training", "Inclusive education in the pre-school period", "Effective teaching for deaf children" and "Sign language competence of teachers." The research findings suggest that prospective teachers must learn sign language that would contribute to their professional competence and that they would actively use sign language in their future professional lives.
Education Association of South Africa. University of Pretoria, Centre for the Study of Resilience, Level 3, Groenkloof Student Centre, Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, George Storrar Road and Lleyds Street, Pretoria 0001, South Africa. Web site: http://www.sajournalofeducation.co.za/index.php/saje/index
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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