Changes in Educational Planning for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children in Scandinavia over the Last Three Decades

Approaches to deaf education in Scandinavia have been shaped and buffeted by controversies debates about language, educational policy, new technology. By way of thematic analysis the content national policy papers, this study provides a history comparison planning over last 30 years. The overall finding was that has similar In parallel, these countries adopted bilingual-bicultural approach years ago then, more recently, shifted towards an auditory-oral makes less use sign language. However, also found differences. While Denmark increasingly focused efforts on education, Sweden maintained seeks protect minority languages cultures, Norway developed mixes mainstreaming local community schools protection rights specialist curriculum Norwegian Sign Language.