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Deaf Identities
"Much has been written about deaf identities, however, no single book has focused specifically on how different academic disciplines conceptualize deaf identities in one fell swoop. This book, "Deaf Identities: Exploring New Frontiers," does exactly that. It is a unique compilation of multidisciplinary perspectives on the lens of deaf identities written by scholars representing a variety of disciplines, including anthropology, counseling, education, literary criticism, practical religion, philosophy, psychology, sociology, social work, and Deaf Studies. Nowhere else can one find careful scrutiny of the meaning of deaf identities within, for example, the disciplines of philosophy and religion...
Teaching Deaf Learners
Teaching Deaf Learners asserts that the education of deaf learners profits from an ecological approach to learning and teaching.
The Early Care and Education of Deaf Children in Ghana
This book examines how an understanding of social-cultural and resource dynamics can inform the development of context-sensitive approaches to the early education and care of young deaf children, and the support of their caregivers. The authors investigate what it takes to facilitate deaf children's progress through early childhood, focusing on language, communication, learning, and well-being in the sub-Saharan African context of Ghana. They provide a review and critical discussion of the existing knowledge base surrounding early childhood deaf education and examine traditional and contemporary perspectives on childhood deafness and caregiving that are meaningful to the African early childh...
Diversity in Deaf Education
Education for deaf learners has gone through significant changes in recent decades, and the needs of many have changed considerably. Meanwhile, the population of deaf learners only has become more diverse. This volume adopts a broad, international perspective, capturing the complexities and commonalities in the development of deaf learners as well as the challenges and potential solutions involved in supporting their learning and academic outcomes.
The Handbook of Language Assessment Across Modalities
"The identification of language problems and subsequent evaluation of interventions depend in part on the availability of useful and psychometrically robust assessments to determine the nature and severity of their problems and monitor progress. The purpose of these assessments may be to measure a child's language proficiency, that is, how they perform relative to other children and whether they have the language level expected and needed for schooling, or they may have a specifically clinical purpose, to identify the occurrence and nature of a disorder. The purpose of assessment is key to the aspects of language targeted in an assessment and the methods used to target these. In the case of spoken English, there are many language assessments ranging from broad language tests to more narrowly focused measures, reflecting the complexity of the language system and its use"--
Research in Deaf Education
Research in Deaf Education: Contexts, Challenges, and Considerations provides foundational chapters in the history, demography, and ethics of deaf education today. It also gives readers specific guidance across a broad range of both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies.
Early Literacy Development in Deaf Children
In Early Literacy Development in Deaf Children, Connie Mayer and Beverly J. Trezek provide an in-depth, evidence-based description of how young deaf children learn to read and write, with a model of literacy development that makes clear links between theory and practice.
Innovations in Deaf Studies
Innovation in Deaf Studies explores deaf scholars' research practice in Deaf Studies and highlights innovations in the field by foregrounding deaf ontologies and how they inform researchers' theoretical frameworks, positionalities, and methodologies.
Languages and Languaging in Deaf Education
Languages and Languaging in Deaf Education offers bold a contribution towards a new pedagogical framework in deaf education and studies. With a primary focus on the language and learning experiences of deaf children, this book creates a crucial dialogue between the field of deaf education and studies and the wider field of language education and research.
Educating Deaf Learners
Education for deaf learners has gone through significant changes over the past three decades. The needs of many have changed considerably. But deaf learners are not hearing learners who cannot hear. This volume adopts a broad, international perspective, capturing the complexities and commonalities in the developmental mosaic of deaf learners.
