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Mpuang, Kerileng D.; Mukhopadhyay, Sourav; Malatsi, Nelly – Deafness & Education International, 2015
This descriptive phenomenological study investigates teachers' experiences of using sign language for learners who are deaf in the primary schools in Botswana. Eight in-service teachers who have had more than ten years of teaching deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) learners were purposively selected for this study. Data were collected using multiple…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sign Language, Language of Instruction, Phenomenology
Sutton-Spence, Rachel; Ramsey, Claire – Deafness and Education International, 2010
Deaf teachers around the world have folk models and beliefs that reflect their understanding of what deaf children need to learn in order to develop healthy identities as deaf people. In this research we report what teachers from England, the USA and Mexico have told us about using creative signing with deaf children. Themes emerging from our data…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Deafness, Learning Strategies, Foreign Countries
Hadjikakou, Kika; Nikolaraizi, Magda – Deafness and Education International, 2008
This study investigates the personal communication memories and experiences of adult deaf people during their childhoods in their homes. In order to obtain relevant information in depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with twenty four Cypriot deaf individuals between the ages of 19 to 54 years with different family and school…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Siblings, Child Rearing, Special Schools
Swanwick, Ruth; Tsverik, Isabel – Deafness and Education International, 2007
A central feature of a sign bilingual approach is the use of sign language, and the associated role of deaf adults in deaf children's education. This project explores whether this approach is compatible with the goals of cochlear implantation, which are to maximise a deaf child's potential to hear and improve speech perception. There is no…
Descriptors: Observation, Language Role, Sign Language, Deafness
Ohna, Stein Erik – Deafness and Education International, 2004
This article describes the development of identity in deaf persons. It examines how deaf people learn to live under special conditions. Data is based on conversations (interviews) with 22 deaf persons. A discussion, grounded in narrative theory, of how the development of self-identity is closely related to interactions with deaf and hearing people…
Descriptors: Deafness, Foreign Countries, Interviews, Models