Browsing by Author "Kuhn, Tara"

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    Educating Deaf Children
    (2020) Swift, Odette; Kuhn, Tara
    Many Deaf children around the world still leave school functionally illiterate. In some cases there is no allowance made for education of Deaf children at all. This 4 week course provides you with invaluable knowledge and skills about teaching Deaf children. You will learn about the importance of Deaf culture and community, the need for a language rich environment for the Deaf child from as young as possible, and that having access to sign language can help Deaf children academically, emotionally, and socially. We also cover various accommodations and modifications that you can apply in your classroom and learning environment to create an accessible learning experience for Deaf children. You will also find that a shift in attitude will enable you to connect with Deaf children with more understanding. This course does not teach sign language since each country has its own sign language. We hope that through this course you become an empowered teacher - for yourself, for your fellow teachers, and most importantly, for the Deaf children in your classroom.
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    TEDI 2 Week 2 - Early Communication Development
    (2019-06-01) Kuhn, Tara
    This video is about early communication development with emphasis on typical language development, early communication skills, typical early sign language development and the role of language in learning. Tara Kuhn states the role of language in learning and highlights the consequences of hearing loss with no intervention. She explains how early intervention and exposing deaf children to language-rich environments allow the development of language base which is used to acquire cognitive skills and promote academic success. This video lecture 3/11 of week 2 of the course: Educating Deaf Children: Becoming an Empowered Teacher
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    TEDI 2 Week 2 - Understanding Hearing Loss
    (2019-06-01) Kuhn, Tara
    In this video, Tara describes how we hear and how hearing status may be described and understood. She explains how sound travels to the brain and defines the different types of hearing loss. She further explains why teachers need to understand how hearing works. This video lecture 2/11 of week 2 of the course: Educating Deaf Children: Becoming an Empowered Teacher.
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    TEDI 2 Week 3 - Interview: Implementing Language Adaptations
    (2019-06-01) Kuhn, Tara
    In this video, Tara Kuhn eloquently makes the distinction between adaptations and modifications and focuses on those that may be needed to meaningfully include the deaf learner. Making use of visual aids, she provides very practical strategies to help signing children access the curriculum and understand concepts taught in class. She encourages teachers to be ingenious and think of practical methods that would work in their contexts. This video lecture 4/9 of week 3 of the course: Educating Deaf Children: Becoming an Empowered Teacher.
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    TEDI 2 Week 3 - Language Adaptations for the Deaf Child
    (2019-06-01) Kuhn, Tara
    In this video, Tara Kuhn eloquently makes the distinction between adaptations and modifications and focuses on those that may be needed to meaningfully include the deaf learner. Making use of visual aids, she provides very practical strategies to help signing children access the curriculum and understand concepts taught in class. She encourages teachers to be ingenious and think of practical methods that would work in their contexts. This video lecture 4/9 of week 3 of the course: Educating Deaf Children: Becoming an Empowered Teacher.
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    TEDI 2 Week 4 - Cultivating Positive Change
    (2019-06-01) Swift, Odette; Kuhn, Tara
    In this video, Odette Swift and Tara Kuhn, happily share three levels of positive change that educators should focus on – personal, professional and systemic. They call on teachers to reflect on their own areas of strengths and weaknesses. They counsel teachers to constantly reflect on their attitudes towards deaf learners and their abilities and provide them with the best learning opportunities because it is their right to receive quality education. Reflecting on these and keeping abreast with what is happening in the area of deaf education internationally, they say, will help teachers think of how they can change or maximise these for the better. This is video lecture 8/8 of week 4 of the course: Educating Deaf Children: Becoming an Empowered Teacher.