DEAF EDUCATIONLEARNING IN SILENCE

SOME HISTORY

• FIRST DEAF SCHOOL : PARIS, 1755

• 17-18OOS• MOST WELL-KNOWN SCHOOL

• BRAIDWOOD ACADEMY FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND

• IN THE US : • GALLUDET SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF, 1817

• THOMAS HOPKINS GALLUDET

• HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT

TYPES OF TEACHING

ORALSTUDENTS ARE TAUGHT TO READ LIPS AND CLASSES ARE TAUGHT VOCALLY

MANUALSTUDENTS ARE TAUGHT SIGN LANGUAGE AND CLASSES ARE TAUGHT MANUALLY

THE DEBATE• THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON EDUCATION OF THE

DEAF• "CONSIDERING THE INCONTESTABLE SUPERIORITY OF SPEECH OVER SIGNS

IN RESTORING THE DEAF-MUTE TO SOCIETY, AND IN GIVING HIM A MORE PERFECT KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGE, …DECLARES…THAT THE ORAL METHOD OUGHT TO BE PREFERRED THAT OF SIGNS FOR THE EDUCATION AND INSTRUCTION OF THE DEAF AND DUMB“

• RESULTS:

• DEAF TEACHERS FIRED

• MANUAL SCHOOLS DECREASED

• STUDENTS WHO COULD NOT LEARN ORALLY WERE CONSIDERED “ORAL FAILURES” AND WERE PUNISHED

USE WHAT WORKS BEST!

• ROY KAY HOLCOMB (1960)• “TOTAL COMMUNICATION”• CHANGED THE FACE OF DEAF EDUCATION

THINGS TO CONSIDER

• WHAT IS AFFORDABLE?

• WHAT IS NEARBY?

• WHAT FITS THE CHILD’S PERSONALITY?

• WHAT WILL PROVIDE THE BEST EDUCATION?

• WHAT WILL PREPARE THE STUDENT FOR A HEARING SOCIETY?

AFFORDABLE…

• GOV’T FUNDING

• GRANTS/SCHOLARSHIPS

• TUITION WAIVERS

• TEACHER LOAN FORGIVENESS

NEARBY…

PERSONALITY…..

• RESIDENTIAL:• MAY MORE READILY MAKE FRIENDS

• MORE INTENSIVE TRAINING

• EASIER TO ACCOMMODATE CHALLENGES

• INTEGRATED• UNDERSTAND THE HEARING CULTURE MORE QUICKLY

BEST EDUCATION……

PREPARATION…..

• UNDERSTANDING IDIOMS, SARCASM AND OTHER COMMON ENGLISH PHRASES AND TERMINOLOGY

• UNDERSTANDING FINANCES, ECONOMICS, HISTORY, AND MATH

• THE TEACHERS MUST BE CREATIVE IN EXPLAINING CONCEPTS