Teaching Deaf Learners - Psychological and Developmental Foundations

Zusatztext a must read for school directors, educators of teachers of the deaf, researchers in deaf education, and other professionals in deaf education. Informationen zum Autor Harry Knoors is trained as a psycholinguist, specializing in language, and literacy of deaf children. He is involved in research on childhood deafness (mainly language, literacy and psychosocial development) and research on the effectiveness of special education, and has much experience with management, i.e. management of health care centers and of R&D department. He has published several books and more than 140 articles in international and Dutch journals about the consequences of childhood deafness for language and learning. Marc Marschark is a Professor at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, a college of Rochester Institute of Technology, where he directs the Center for Education Research Partnerships. His research focuses on language comprehension and learning by deaf children and adults in formal and informal educational settings. Klappentext Teaching Deaf Learners asserts that the education of deaf learners profits from an ecological approach to learning and teaching. Zusammenfassung Teaching Deaf Learners asserts that the education of deaf learners profits from an ecological approach to learning and teaching. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Essentials of Learning and Teaching Chapter 2: Deaf Learners: Basic characteristics Chapter 3: Learning Begins at Home Chapter 4: Language Development Chapter 5: Language Assessment and Teaching Chapter 6: Cognitive Profiles of Deaf Learners Chapter 7: Learning and Social and Emotional Development Chapter 8: School Achievement and Instruction: Literacy Chapter 9: School Achievement and Instruction: Numeracy and Science Chapter 10: Multi-Media Enhanced, Computer-Assisted Learning for Deaf Students Chapter 11: Learning and Context Chapter 12: Where Do We Go From Here? ...

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• Authors: Harry Knoors, Harry (Director Knoors, Harry/ Marschark Knoors, Knoors Harry, Marc Marschark, Marc (Professor and Director Marschark, Marschark Marc
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.01.2014
• EAN: 9780199792023
• ISBN: 978-0-19-979202-3
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Perspectives on Deafness
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Special education; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, EDUCATION / Special Education / Physical Disabilities, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Teaching of hearing-impaired students, Relating to people with hearing disabilities or impairments