Assessment of Practices and Problems in Teaching Students with Hearing Impairment in Inclusive Classroom: The Case of Eastern Amhara Region

Aklilu, Yirgu

dc.contributor.author	Aklilu, Yirgu
dc.date.accessioned	2018-01-25T03:43:31Z
dc.date.available	2018-01-25T03:43:31Z
dc.date.issued	2009-01-25
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/8599
dc.description.abstract	The study attempted to assess the practices and problems in teaching SWHI in the inclusive classroom.The sample schools were selected purposely from 3 Eastern parts of Amhara Regional State Zones. The shools are Atse Zera yekob and Effeson Nol from(North Shoa), TigleFire(South wollo} and M..elkakole(North Wollo}.Data for the study was collected from 31 ~ hearing impaired stude,nts,60 regular te-achers,269 peers,9 SEN teachers,4 principals and 10 The findings of this study shows that. the attitude of regular teachers and peers was positive and regular teachers' attitude was more favorable, than that of peers. When we come to parents' attitude, the study revealed that parents' attitude towards inclusion of HIC was negatlve. This could be attributed to factorssuch as parent's lack of awareness and mis- •p.s indicated in the finding of this s_tudy, provision of services such as encouraging collaborative iearning, and involving all students' in-group tasks were not applied. Adaption and modification of €drriculum 'based on the needs of the students, working with other teachers, receiving ;uppo~ from SEN teachers.;"Providing spec~al teachine strategies, use of non-verbal means of communication, interpretation service and in Lnvolving parents in teaching their children with ·.HI were not used. ' Furthermore, teachers teaching in the inclusive settings were not adequately used services to promote-the education of ..:_HIS. In addjtion, rooms and facilities were not comfortable and "This .st_ydy concluded that the existing-practices of inclusive education for SWH I are influenced b.y various serious challenges. To minimize the challenges, the researcher recommended that awareness creation, Integrating SNE courses in ,teacher's pre-and in-service training are essential. " : ' ', ..,,. . conception and wrong beliefs about HIC. The schools, regular classroom teachers and SEN teachers do not use behavioral, physical and. medical techniques to identify SWHI in the i;nc;Jusive classroom. ., ABSTRACT ... ' ... \ parents of HI students. The -studv employed both quantitative and qualitative methods of , ~~ research. Data was collected through questionnaire, interview and observation. avail.able in the study settings. For these reasons SWHI yvere not satisfied with their placement · in inclusive classroom.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.subject	psycology	en_US
dc.title	Assessment of Practices and Problems in Teaching Students with Hearing Impairment in Inclusive Classroom: The Case of Eastern Amhara Region	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US