ERIC Number: EJ1448345
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-1464-3154
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Accessible Practices and Accommodations during Lectures for Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing in Higher Education
Deafness & Education International, v26 n4 p301-317 2024
During the last decades, several students who are deaf or hard of hearing (SDHH) attend higher education institutions. The level of lecturers' awareness regarding accessible practices and the provision of such practices or accommodations during lectures play a major role in students' access. The purpose of this study was to investigate the educational practices and accommodations that lecturers used during lectures to enhance academic access to SDHH. In total, 51 lecturers were interviewed. The interviews were analysed using a thematic analysis and a three-stage coding procedure. Lecturers adopted various practices and accommodations that enhanced the access of SDHH during lectures, such as using visual educational tools, explaining difficult terms, monitoring comprehension, maintaining visual contact, repeating and providing environmental accommodations. Lecturers pointed out the importance of accessible educational practices for all students. The study indicates the need to make lecturers aware of the use of flexible teaching approaches and accommodations that benefit SDHH and other students promoting a culture of inclusion.
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Deafness, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Hearing Impairments, Higher Education, Students with Disabilities, Lecture Method, Educational Practices, Equal Education, Teacher Attitudes, Faculty, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Inclusion, Teacher Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Student Needs
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Greece
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