Browsing by Subject "Deaf education"

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    TEDI 2 Week 1 - A Holistic Approach to Teaching Deaf Children
    (2019-06-01) Swift, Odette
    In this video, Odette swift discusses what is meant by holistic education in the context of a social and human rights approach to the education of deaf children. She highlights the rights of deaf people to full participation in society including education. Using the social model of disability, Odette argues that disability is an issue of social justice and not of how people’s bodies function. Referring to Article 24 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, she intimates that through reasonable accommodations, differentiation and Individual Education Plans, deaf children can meaningfully participate in education holistically. This is video lecture 2/7 in week 1 of the course: Educating Deaf Children: Becoming an Empowered Teacher.
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    TEDI 2 Week 1 - Being Part of the Deaf Community
    (2019-06-01) Mohamed, Jabaar
    In this video Jabaar Mohamed, the only deaf person in a family of seven, spells out the differences between growing up in a hearing community versus a Deaf community. He tells his experience as a Deaf learner in primary school and how he learned sign language. He highlights the impact of a role model in the life of a deaf person and also talks about the barriers to education and employment Deaf/deaf people face. This video lecture 2/7 of week 1 of the course: Educating Deaf Children: Becoming an Empowered Teacher.
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    TEDI 2 Week 1 - Personal Stories: Our School Experiences as Deaf Children
    (2019-06-01) Kuscus, Carmen; Majibana, Ntombosindiso
    In this video, Carmen Kuscus and Ntombi Majibana share their experiences of schooling and staying in hostels as deaf Children. They both say how they got enrolled in school, the challenges they faced but also the support they received from peers and teachers. They talk about their likes, dislikes and their favourite teachers. Finally, they share stories of how they built their identities as deaf people. This video lecture 3/7 of week 1 of the course: Educating Deaf Children: Becoming an Empowered Teacher.
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    TEDI 2 Week 1 - Promoting Resilience in Deaf Children
    (2019-06-01) Kelly, Jane
    In this video, Jane Kelly defines resilience and focuses how to use resilience as a framework within the landscape of deaf education. She unpacks the concept of resilience, linking it to the social model of disability, and looks at how it can it can be applied in the context of teaching deaf children holistically. She underscores the relationship between teachers’ and learners’ resilience, drawing attention to the environmental/contextual factors that can promote well-being. This is video lecture 5/7 of week 1 of the course: Educating Deaf Children: Becoming an Empowered Teacher.
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    TEDI 2 Week 1 - Understanding Deaf Culture and Community
    (2019-06-01) Mohamed, Jabaar
    In this video, Jabaar Mohamed, himself a Deaf person and Provincial Director of DeafSA, Western Cape, focuses on Sign Language, the Deaf culture and the Deaf Community. Drawing parallels between Deaf and deaf, he explains the need for the teacher to understand the dynamics that surround the two. He stresses on the importance of deaf schools and what teachers should know and do when teaching deaf/Deaf learners. This video lecture 6/7 of week 1 of the course: Educating Deaf Children: Becoming an Empowered Teacher.
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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 - Interview: Facilitating Development in the Deaf Pre-schooler
    (2019-06-01) Hille, Jeanette; Swift, Odette
    In this very educative and interesting video, Odette Swift interviews Jeannette Hile, on the development of the deaf pre-schooler. Jeannette describes how children generally develop and stresses the importance of communication for children who are deaf and the consequences of not acquiring language and communication skills early. She lists some tips for teachers of pre-schoolers. Sharing her experiences of working with families of deaf children, she calls on parents to exercise a lot of patience with their deaf children. This video lecture 5/11 of week 2 of the course: Educating Deaf Children: Becoming an Empowered Teacher.