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Synthesizing Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory and Deaf Pedagogy Framework toward Deaf Education Reform: Perspectives from Teachers of the Deaf
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Potier, Katie R.; Givens, Heidi – American Annals of the Deaf, 2023
In U.S. deaf education, disablement results from a normative interpretation of disability in the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act. However, Vygotsky's "Fundamentals of Defectology" (1993) allows educators to view current deaf education pedagogical practices through a sociocultural-constructivist lens and reject the current…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Students with Disabilities, Teacher Attitudes
Expectations and Anticipations of Middle and High School Special Education Teachers in Preparing Their Students with Intellectual Disability for Future Adult Roles Including Those as Partner and Parent
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Pedersen, Mette – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Through a series of individual ethnographic interviews and focus groups, I explored the expectations and anticipations of middle and high school special education teachers as they carry out their professional charge of educating their students with intellectual disability for lives in the least restrictive environment, including possible adult…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, High Schools, Ethnography
Humanistic Education: Objectives and Assessment. A Report of the ASCD Working Group on Humanistic Education.
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Washington, DC. – 1978
The guidebook is designed to help school districts plan humanistic education programs. Humanistic education is defined as a commitment to education and practice in which the teaching/learning process emphasizes the individual's freedom, value, dignity, and integrity. Humanistic education aims to develop the learner's potentials, help students to…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education