File(s) under permanent embargo
Beliefs, practices, and expectations of oral teachers of the deaf
This study investigated the beliefs and practices of 28 teachers of the deaf about their practices. The teachers were all working in oral settings either as visiting teachers or teachers in a mainstream school facility supporting groups of students with hearing loss. Teachers who used an Auditory Verbal approach largely adopted a positivist paradigm, whereas those using an Auditory Oral approach were more likely to adopt a constructivist paradigm. Those using a mixed approach (AV/AO) adopted a paradigm that was a mix of both positivist and constructivist. Results suggest that there is a strong relationship between the underlying beliefs of teachers and the model of practice that they adopt, and that professional experience, professional development and the inclusion movement exert an influence on those beliefs and practices.
History
Journal
Deafness & education internationalVolume
12Issue
3Pagination
135 - 148Publisher
Maney PublishingLocation
Leeds, EnglandPublisher DOI
ISSN
1464-3154eISSN
1557-069XLanguage
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2010, W. S. Maney & Son LtdUsage metrics
Categories
No categories selectedKeywords
Licence
Exports
RefWorks
BibTeX
Ref. manager
Endnote
DataCite
NLM
DC