How Deaf Children Learn
What Parents and Teachers Need to Know
1st Edition
Published on 22. November 2011
978-0-19-991248-3 (ISBN)
Description
How can parents and teachers most effectively support the language development and academic success of deaf and hard-of-hearing children? Will using sign language interfere with learning spoken language? Should deaf children be placed in classrooms with hearing children? Are traditional methods of teaching subjects such as reading and math to hearing children appropriate for deaf learners? As many parents and teachers will attest, questions like these have no easy answers, and it can be difficult for caring adults to separate science from politics and fact from opinion in order to make informed decisions about how to help deaf children learn.
In this invaluable guide, renowned authorities Marc Marschark and Peter Hauser highlight important new advances in scientific and educational research that can help parents and teachers of students with significant hearing loss. The authors stress that deaf children have strengths and needs that are sometimes very different from those who can hear. Consequently, if deaf students are to have full academic access and optimal educational outcomes, it is essential that parents and teachers learn to recognize these differences and adjust their teaching methods to them. Marschark and Hauser explain how the fruits of research conducted over the last several years can markedly improve educational practices at home and in the classroom, and they offer innovative strategies that parents and teachers can use to promote learning in their children. The result is a lively, accessible volume that sheds light on what it means to be a deaf learner and that provides a wealth of advice on how we can best support their language development, social skills, and academic success.
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Persons
Marc Marschark is a Professor at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, where he is Director of the Center for Education Research Partnerships. He has written or edited over 20 books and published over 100 articles and chapters. His current research focuses on relations of language and learning by deaf children and adults in formal and informal educational settings.
Peter C. Hauser is an Associate Professor at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf. A deaf clinical neuropsychologist, he is the director of the Deaf Studies Laboratory (DSL) where he supervises deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing students who obtain hands-on experience developing, running, and analyzing experimental psychological studies.
Content
1. What It's All About
Who Are We and What Are We Doing Here?
Alternative Perspectives on Educating Deaf Students
Using This Book
Notes, Confessions, and Acknowledgments
2. Introduction to Deaf Children
Navigating Issues
Those Who Ignore History...
Terms of Endearment (or Not)
Differences versus Deficiencies
Final Words
3. On Hearing and Not Hearing
Understanding Hearing
Hearing Aids
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Cochlear Implants
Final Words
4. Language and Communication
Understanding Language
From Communication to Language
Signed Languages and Visual Communication Systems
Spoken Communication
Final Words
5. Family and Peers: Foundations of Learning
Education Begins at Home
Social Interactions: Foundations for Learning
Early Intervention
Moving from Home to School
Social-Emotional Growth during the School Years
Last Words
6. Deaf Cognition
Are Deaf Children As Smart As Hearing Children?
Do Deaf Individuals See Better?
Does Sign Language Have an Effect on Cognition?
Cognitive Development and Language
Final Words
7. Learning and Memory
Cognition and Learning: From Darkness to Enlightenment
Learning
Memory
Final Words
8. Problem Solving and Knowledge
Experience and Conceptual Development
Integration and Organization of Knowledge
Final Words
9. Reading
The Challenge of Learning to Read
What Can We Do about Deaf Students' Reading Achievement?
A Few Words about Writing
Final Words
10. Doing Math: Foundations
Understanding Number
Understanding Mathematics during the School Years
Improving Mathematics Performance by Deaf Children
Final Words
11. The Deaf Education Classroom
Options in Deaf Education Programming
Assessment and Classroom Placement
Classroom Diversity
The Classroom
Deaf Education Professionals
Final Words
12. Where Do We Go from Here?
A Journey of 1000 Miles Begins with a Single Step
The More Things Change the More They Stay the Same
There Are Differences and Then There Are Differences
What We Know and What We Need to Know
Final Final Words
Additional Reading
References
Index
