All Deaf people in South Africa belong to the Deaf Community of
South Africa. Within this Deaf Community there is a separate,
minority language and cultural group which accepts Sign language,
as its first and natural language.
The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa calls for the
acknowledgement of and respect for all minority cultural groups, and
recognises the language of the Deaf, that is, Sign language as an
official language.
This research has attempted to investigate the views of this cultural
group and how they want to be perceived by the hearing people,
how they want to conduct their lives within the realm of an
overarching hearing society and more importantly, the implications
of this acquired identity for the education of Deaf learners in South
Africa.
To document the data on Deaf Culture and the implications for
education, the researcher engaged in qualitative research using the
questionnaire approach. This instrument was administered to 18
profoundly Deaf adults from various provinces throughout South
Africa and representative of the demographic population profile of
the Deaf Community of South Africa.
The study confirmed an emerging Deaf Culture and concluded that
there needs to be redress and change with regard to the curriculum,
the educators, the issue of mainstreaming, the status of Sign
language and the provision of tertiary education in order for Deaf
learners to be educated in the most enabling environment. / Thesis (M.Ed) - University of Natal, Durban, 1998.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:ukzn/oai:http://researchspace.ukzn.ac.za:10413/3172 |
| Date | January 1998 |
| Creators | Ram, Ansuya. |
| Contributors | Muthukrishna, Anbanithi. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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