by Lau Chiu Kay. / Bibliography: leaves 84-92 / Thesis (M.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1983

The purpose of this study was to determine whether working in the field of deaf education, as opposed to general education, results in a higher level of technology integration. A secondary goal was to determine if deaf educators who are deaf integrate technology at a higher level than their hearing counterparts. The instrument chosen for this study was the LoTi Technology Use Profile, a tool used to explore the role of technology in the classroom. A total of 92 participates were included in the study of which 48 were regular educators and 44 were deaf educators. The participants were selected from a population pool whereby teachers were presumably pre-disposed to using technology based upon their attendance at a technology training session in the form of a conference or a class. Deaf educators as a whole did not perform as well as general educators on the LoTi scales. Given the fact that the technology-minded general educators who comprised the sample population of this study scored exceptionally high on the LoTi scales, further research is needed to ensure comparability between the two groups. The findings of the current study do suggest, though, that deaf educators who are deaf have the potential to integrate technology to a greater degree than deaf educators who are hearing. Thus, a primary recommendation is to conduct a national LoTi survey of typical, rather than technology-minded, deaf educators as a comparison to the 2004 national survey of typical general educators.

Master of Education - Deaf Studies / In accordance with Education policy post 1994 there is currently a move in South Africa toward implementing an inclusive approach to educating learners who experience barriers to learning into regular/mainstream schools. Such an inclusive philosophy is considered, at policy level, to be the most effective means of combating discriminatory attitudes, creating welcoming communities, building an inclusive society and achieving education for all (Department of Education, 2001). From an inclusive viewpoint, it is important that all learners are given the best education possible from an academic, emotional and social perspective and emphasis is placed on, educating the whole child by meeting individual needs through the identification and accommodation of any barriers to learning. Within such an education and training system, it is important that Deaf learners are not excluded and that the practice of inclusion takes into account the needs of all Deaf learners. The intention of this research project is to provide an accurate account of the current situations in schools for the Deaf throughout South Africa with regards to barriers to learning and development. It will examine whether these schools, currently, foster the ideals of inclusion as made explicit in White Paper Six (Department of Education, 2001). This thesis will also investigate whether Deaf learners in schools for the Deaf, have access to the most appropriate, least restrictive barrier free education. In order to achieve this, a questionnaire, based on the barriers to learning and development as identified by the above-mentioned document, was sent by post to every principal working in schools for the Deaf in South Africa. In addition, the research intends to determine whether barriers to learning and development are presently being experienced by Deaf learners in current schools for the Deaf and if so, what barriers are being experienced and how these barriers can be addressed and prevented so that Deaf learners be accommodated in a manner that promotes a school environment that is most appropriate and least restrictive for Deaf learners. From the findings it was revealed that schools for the Deaf do not foster inclusive principles as many Deaf learners experience barriers to learning and development as identified in White Paper 6 (Department of Education, 2001: 7 & 18) within schools for the Deaf. To address the barriers found in the findings of the study, this dissertation provides recommendations to assist principals with strategies and information necessary for transforming schools for the Deaf in order to become inclusive and thus provide Deaf learners with access to the most appropriate, least restrictive education possible.

Deaf individuals’ relationship with English has historically been problematic, in large part because of the lack of full accessibility to the language. However, language takes up not only communicative space, but also psychological space in our lives. The psychological dimensions involved with English language learning for deaf individuals are largely unknown. This study addressed this gap by exploring psychological dimensions involved with language learning for deaf individuals while concurrently exploring the role of computer-mediated communication in enhancing direct and interactive accessibility of English. The psychological dimensions of interest in this study originate from self-efficacy theory (Bandura, 1977), possible selves (Markus & Nurius, 1986), and the L2 Motivational Self System (Dörnyei, 2005, 2009a). This study had three main goals: 1) to examine the motivational characteristics of deaf language learners, 2) to assess whether those characteristics would change over time, and 3) to assess the role of CMC in language learning experiences. This study took place over the course of a semester in college classes designed for deaf students studying English. Selected classes were asked to use online chat as an instructional tool. Measures were administered at the beginning and the end of the semester, and students were asked to participate in focus groups to discuss their experiences. A mixed methods approach that made use of quantitative and qualitative methods was used to capture the complexity involved in second language learning for the deaf student, including contextual influences. Overall findings indicate that deaf students’ self-images, self-efficacy beliefs, attitudes, and motivated behaviors about English were positive, but significantly influenced by the context in which language use occurs. When the environment was seen as accessible, beneficial, and enjoyable, deaf students were able to utilize greater levels of individual agency towards the aim of learning English. Computer-mediated communication emerged as an affordance that enabled “seeing English,” indicating dynamic, interactive engagement with English when ideal conditions were met. Thus, CMC appears to allow for a language learning experience that is available and accessible for deaf learners, and can provide opportunities to prime possible selves as English language users. / text

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Toronto, 2005.

abstract: Historically, music and the experiences of deaf or hard-of-hearing (DHH) individuals have been intertwined in one manner or another. However, music has never ignited as much hope for the “improvement” of the Deaf experience as during the American oralist movement (ca. 1880-1960) which prioritized lip-reading and speaking over the use of sign language. While it is acknowledged that the oralist movement failed to provide the best possible education to many American DHH students and devastated many within the Deaf community, music scholars have continued to cite publications by oralist educators as rationales for the continued development of music programs for DHH students. This document is an attempt to reframe the role of music during the American oralist movement with a historical account of ways music was recruited as a tool for teaching vocal articulation at schools for the deaf from 1900 to 1960. During this time period, music was recruited simply as a utility to overcome disability and as an aid for assimilating into the hearing world rather than as the rich experiential phenomenon it could have been for the DHH community. My goal is to add this important caveat to the received history of early institutional music education for DHH students. Primary sources include articles published between 1900 and 1956 in The Volta Review, a journal founded by the oralist leader Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922). / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Music 2017

Orientador: Leandro Osni Zaniolo / Banca: Relma Urel Carbone Carneiro / Banca: Zilda Maria Gesueli / Resumo: O presente estudo objetivou analisar as tendências e perspectivas da produção acadêmica referente à temática educação de surdos, considerando-se as teses e dissertações constantes no Banco de Teses da CAPES segundo o ASSUNTO Educação de surdos e ANO BASE 2005 a 2009. Constitui-se em uma investigação de abordagens quantitativa e qualitativa, de caráter exploratório descritivo e de natureza bibliográfica. Por meio das informações bibliográficas e com base nos resumos das produções acadêmicas, pretendeu-se, a partir da catalogação dos dados e da categorização dos temas principais, mapear o respectivo campo do conhecimento e identificar as tendências temáticas do mesmo. Os dados coletados permitiram observar a distribuição anual e por modalidade da produção acadêmica, a distribuição geográfica e segundo as universidades públicas e privadas, os níveis de financiamento, os programas de pós-graduação aos quais está vinculada essa produção, bem como, a identificação das temáticas mais relevantes tratadas nas produções analisadas. Os resultados obtidos corroboram os apontamentos de estudos que focalizaram aspectos como o crescimento constante no número de Mestrados e Doutorados no país; a prevalência de produções na modalidade de Mestrado Acadêmico; a distribuição geográfica e institucional dos estudos concentrada nas regiões Sudeste e Sul; e a insuficiência de aportes financeiros, por meio da concessão de bolsas de estudos, destinados à produção científica. Ressalta-se também, o percentual expressivo de instituições privadas; algumas das instituições com grande relevância na produção acadêmica acerca desta temática; a prevalência de estudos vinculados a programas em Educação, Letras e Linguística, bem como, a presença de programas comumente observados... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The present study aimed to analyze the tendencies and perspectives of academic production related to thematic of deaf education, considering the theses and dissertations contained in database of CAPES according to the SUBJECT Deaf education and BASE YEAR 2005 to 2009. It constitutes an investigation of quantitative and qualitative approaches, of exploratory descriptive character and bibliographic type. Through the bibliographic information and based on academic productions abstracts, it was intended from the data cataloging and from the categorization of the main themes, map the respective field of knowledge and identify thematic trends. The data collected allowed observe the annual distribution and by academic production modality, the geographical distribution and according to public and private universities, the funding levels, the graduate programs to which this production is bound, as well as the identification of most relevant thematics treated in the productions analyzed. The results obtained corroborate the studies appointments which focused aspects as the constant growth in the number of Masters and Doctorates in the country; the prevalence of productions in the Academic Master mode, the geographical distribution and institutional of studies concentrated in the Southeast and South regions; and the insufficiency financial contributions, through the granting of scholarships, destined to scientific production. We also emphasize the expressive percentage of private institutions; some institutions with great relevance in academic production on this thematic; the prevalence of studies related to programs in Education, Languages and Linguistics, as well as the presence of programs commonly observed in different research areas, such as programs in Computer Science, Engineering and Technology... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

Esta pesquisa analisa os primeiros marcadores de aquisição de língua de sinais em uma criança surda, filha de pais ouvintes em um ambiente onde a língua foi propiciada por meio de interlocutores Surdos e ouvintes, usuários da Libras. Ao considerarmos que, a criança surda tem seu desenvolvimento de linguagem construído prioritariamente na escola especial, discutiremos o papel dos interlocutores envolvidos nessa relação e procuraremos compreender o efeito do ambiente na construção da língua de sinais em crianças surdas, filhas de pais ouvintes. O trabalho se fundamenta na teoria histórico-social de Vygotsky e seus seguidores, pressupondo a linguagem como constitutiva do conhecimento e construtora de sentidos. A pesquisa foi realizada, na Escola para Crianças Surdas Rio Branco da Fundação de Rotarianos de São Paulo onde foi criado no ano de 2001 o Programa de Estimulação do Desenvolvimento. A fonoaudióloga e atual pesquisadora, junto com um instrutor surdo nesse programa que tem por objetivos principais a aquisição da língua de sinais das crianças inscritas e o aprendizado da língua pelos pais. A pesquisa se desenvolveu nesse espaço e o material colhido durante a realização do Programa teve quatro episódios recortados, que aqui serão apresentados e discutidos. O material foi analisado em uma perspectiva microgenética buscando, o efeito de do ambiente e evidenciando as marca do desenvolvimento da língua de sinais e seus efeitos na relação e na aquisição da língua. Desse material analisado, concluímos que o pressuposto de linguagem a partir do qual concebemos a criança Surda é determina os serviços que oferecemos a ela, assim ao concebermos a linguagem como constitutiva do sujeito. Modificando o modo de significar esses sujeitos e podemos nos organizar socialmente de modo que a criança Surda possa nascer culturalmente. Esses pressupostos devem ser colocados em trabalhos que se destinem a bebês Surdos, pois somente o trabalho com bebês Surdos que contemple a interlocução com um outro significativo Surdo possibilitará o pleno desenvolvimento lingüístico, social e cultural desse bebê como alguém que pertencerá a uma comunidade de iguais na sua diferença, mas que compartilham a mesma língua e a mesma visão de mundo. / This research analyses the first markers of Sign Language acquisition in a deaf child from hearing parents in an environment where the language was present by Deaf and hearing partners who use Libras. Considering that the deaf child has the development of language built mainly at the special school, we will discuss the role of the interlocutors involved in this relationship and we will try to understand the effect of the environment on the construction of Sign Language in Deaf children from hearing parents. This work is derived from Vigotsky social-historical theory and his followers. We understand that language constitutes the foundation of knowledge and is responsible for the construction of meanings. The research took place at the Escola para Crianças Surdas Rio Branco da Fundação de Rotarianos de São Paulo where the Development Stimulation Program was created in 2001. The language therapist, who is also the researcher, worked together with a Deaf instructor in this Program and they had, as main objective, the acquisition of Sign language by the children enrolled in the Program and the learning of sign language by the parents. The research was developed at the school and the material that will be presented and discussed is based on four sessions that were selected from the Program. The data was analyzed in a micro genetic perspective searching the effect of the environment and evidencing the development marks of the Sign Language and its effects in the language relation and acquisition. From the material analyzed we concluded that the projected way we consider language and how we perceive the Deaf child is what establishes the services that are offered to him/her. So, when we conceive language as a tool for the constitution of the human being, we modify the way we represent the Deaf child and we can organize ourselves in a social way that allows the child to be born culturally. These assumptions must be used in works that are intended to Deaf babies because only the work with Deaf babies contemplates the interrelation with one Deaf significant that will allow the baby cultural, social and linguistic entire development as someone that will belong to a community of equals in their difference but that share the same language and the same world comprehension.

That deafness is more than an organic handicap requiring training and education in special schools has been increasingly recognized in recent years. Modern approaches to care for the young deaf child stress the importance of (a) early diagnosis and (b) of pre-school auditory and speech training. It is also recognized (c) that the most influential forces in the emotional and social development of the child are his experiences in his own home during the first five or six years of his life. For these reasons, in newly-developed audiology centres and speech and hearing clinics throughout Britain, the United States, and Canada, social workers take part in a multi-professional team approach to meet the differential needs of individual children and parents. The present study is developed from the operations of the Speech and Hearing Clinic of the Health Centre for Children at the Vancouver General Hospital. The case records selected for study relate to all hearing handicapped pre-school children known to the Clinic and born in 1954 or 1955. Two separate rating scales were developed to make an assessment of (a) the child's emotional and social adjustment and (b) of parental and family strengths. These are compared at the time of (1) initial evaluation, and (2) after a period of two years making it possible to examine the influences which may promote or inhibit the healthy development of the young deaf child and have a bearing on his response to treatment. This is a first exploratory study of the areas significant for the social work contributions to the treatment process. Nevertheless there are sharp evidences of correlation between social environment, especially parent-child relationships and the emotional, social, and intellectual adjustment of the hearing-handicapped child. Effectiveness of treatment seems to depend to a considerable degree on parental attitudes and feelings toward the handicapped child. Parent education and guidance, and, if necessary the modification of parental attitudes is therefore an essential component in the overall treatment process. / Arts, Faculty of / Social Work, School of / Graduate

Little is known about the deaf as a group. Most of the studies that have been done concerning their problem have been about the medical, educational and psychological aspects of their disability with very little emphasis on their vocational and social problems and needs. The study began from two basic hypotheses: first, that there is a correlation between deafness and unemployment status, with a disproportionate number of the deaf being found in low status, low paying jobs, and secondly, that the deaf in British Columbia at the present time, are receiving a limited amount of services. The particular focus of the study was the problems and experience of a sample of young deaf adolescents and adults in training for, finding and holding jobs. The sample group chosen was the total group of graduates and school leavers from the Jericho Hill School for the Deaf, Vancouver, British Columbia, a residential School which takes pupils from all socio-economic levels, including day pupils, for the period July 1956-July 1965. A schedule of research questions was devised which included investigation of the following areas: (1) what vocational assessment, counselling and placement services were available to and utilized by the sample group (2) what jobs they obtained and how they obtained them (3) what their attitudes were to their jobs and fellow workers (4) what job aspirations they had and whether they attained them (5) what opinions they had about the kinds of help they needed (6) what their intelligence quotients were, as a crude index of their capabilities to cope with further training and education. A research design of a diagnostic descriptive type was next devised, which comprised a number of steps, including (1) the interviewing of experts in the field (2) the devising of a questionnaire to be sent to the school graduates (3) the interviewing of a sample of respondents willing to be interviewed (4) the relation of the insights and information obtained, to the determining of what services should be recommended in order to provide more adequate services for the deaf. Of the total group of 78 school leavers, 38 responded to the questionnaire of whom 14 were interviewed. Twenty-two of the 38 respondents were employed. The major findings of the study were that; the employed deaf in the sample group who have received no further education or training are working in low paid, low status jobs, regardless of the level of their intelligence or desires for further training. This is one-half of the total sample group. Of those who obtained vocational training including on-the-job training, it would be true to say that this did improve their economic status. However there is a tendency for this group to be frozen in bottom level positions with few prospects of advancements. Of the small group proceeding to advanced education at Gallaudet College, it is as yet too soon to say what their vocational prospects will be. An additional finding was that most job placement was done by families, friends and Jericho Hill School, with very little by community agencies. A lack of spacific services indispensable to the deaf, was found, particularly in relation to use of interpreters. A further finding was the "orality" of deaf people in the sample interviewed as defined by ability to use speech in everyday living at a level intelligible to strangers, was far below this standard, with one exception. An additional finding was that the inability to achieve a satisfactory level of orality appears to be related to feelings of failure and inferiority in the deaf and to interfere to some extent with the deaf person's concentration on the acquisition of written skills. There was considerable evidence that social and recreational activities play a specially important role in the lives of deaf people, and may even determine the location of the jobs they seek. As many are unable to enjoy an outlet for their frustrations and tensions by communicating orally with their fellow workers, it is important to them to be with other deaf people for some of their recreation, because with such a group they are released from the constant strain of lip reading or writing everything down. In contrast to the findings of two American studies, there was little, if any correlation found between such factors as type of job obtained and lip reading ability and preferred methods of communication used at work. Nor was there any correlation between these factors and income obtained, job stability and attitudes to the job and to fellow workers. Total or partial deafness, day or residential status did not appear to affect any of the factors mentioned either positively or negatively. This may have been due to the size of the sample group and two other factors, first, that almost all the group became deaf before the age when speech patterns are normally acquired, or were born deaf. Secondly, the sample contained no respondents in the managerial, technical or professional classes, and few in the craftsman class. A number of specific recommendations were made. Some of these pertained to the establishment of the necessary services, especially those of assessment, counselling, placement and follow-up services. Some pertained to an expansion of the roles of government and private agencies, and some pertained to educational practices in the field of education for the deaf. Special emphasis was placed on the improving of ways of determining much earlier in the education of the deaf child than is currently the practice the level of orality he is likely to reach, so that vocational and educational plans for him can be adapted to his needs. A further recommendation was that it is important to include in the educational programmes for parents of deaf children, opportunities to meet with the adult deaf. In the area of prevention, routine use of hearing tests for the newborn was emphasized. / Arts, Faculty of / Social Work, School of / Graduate