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Gor Ziv, Haggith – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2015
All children have the right to education that meets their needs and aims to enable them full integration in their society. Education should guarantee all children an equal chance to actively participate in society regardless of race, gender, ethnicity or disability (Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989). Yet sophisticated mechanisms within…
Descriptors: Deafness, Disadvantaged, Minority Group Children, Critical Theory
Briscoe, Ted, Ed. – 2002
This collection of papers examines how children acquire language and how this affects language change over the generations. It proceeds from the basis that it is important to address not only the language faculty per se within the framework of evolutionary theory, but also the origins and subsequent development of languages themselves, suggesting…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Cultural Influences, Evolution, Grammar
Charrow, Veda R.; Wilbur, Ronnie B. – 1975
The author offers support for viewing the deaf child as a member of a linguistic minority and considers how this situation affects education of the deaf. Deaf persons are discussed in terms of their intellectual abilities, educational achievement, English competence, and the sociolinguistic factors which point to the existence of a deaf community.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Sign Language, Cultural Influences, Deafness