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Kontra, Miklos – Hungarian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2001
This paper discusses the issue of oral versus sign language in educating people who are deaf, focusing on Hungary, which currently emphasizes oralism and discourages the use of Hungarian Sign Language. Teachers of people who are hearing impaired are trained to use the acoustic channel and view signing as an obstacle to the integration of deaf…
Descriptors: Deafness, Educational Discrimination, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Reagan, Timothy – Educational Theory, 1989
The nineteenth-century debate over use of the manual versus the oral approach to deaf education is discussed and related to the prevailing social and educational thought. Both approaches are seen as oppressive and antideaf. Current efforts to reconceptualize deafness have produced calls for bilingual-bicultural programs. (IAH)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Activism, Cultural Differences, Deafness
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Clark, M. Diane – American Annals of the Deaf, 1991
This investigation into the information processing strategies of 12 profoundly/prelingually deaf college students found that subjects with oral/manual educational backgrounds had higher levels of recognition than did subjects from oral-only educational backgrounds. Highest recognition was to the left and right of the fixation point, followed by…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Congenital Impairments, Deafness
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Richardson, John T. E.; Woodley, Alan – Higher Education, 2001
Examined approaches to studying among deaf distance-education students in Britain who preferred either sign language or spoken language. Findings included that deaf students seemed just as capable as hearing students of adopting a meaning orientation, and that there were no differences in approaches to studying related to students' preferred mode…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Deafness
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Grupido, Natalie – Perspectives in Education and Deafness, 1994
This narrative of a graduate student with deafness describes her experiences in various educational environments including oral communication, total communication, and mainstreamed. The article emphasizes the role of parents as the child's best advocates and advises parents to trust their own instincts and not accept the authority of professionals…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Rearing, Deafness, Delivery Systems