In this conceptual article, the authors introduce Translanguaging Framework for Deaf Education (TFDE), drawing upon two perspectives on language and learning: crip linguistics critical translanguaging space. The TFDE is a retheorization of Language Zone, pedagogical framework supporting learning in deaf education, designed to support educators approach use users from an asset-oriented perspecti...

Historically, the field of deaf education has revolved around language planning discourse, but little research been conducted on Deaf and Hard Hearing (DHH) students with additional disabilities as dynamic multilingual multimodal users. The current study focuses process at a school serving DHH Deaf–Blind varied disabilities. A previous Total Communication philosophy was implemented in practice ...

This paper investigates the importance of knowing whether or not deaf and hard-of-hearing students have one or more deaf or hard-of-hearing parents. As noted by Mitchell and Karchmer (2004), deaf and hard-of-hearing school-age children and youth in the United States with at least one parent identified as "hearing impaired" are nearly evenly split between having at least one deaf parent and havi...

THE PAPER ADDRESSES THE INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN RESEARCH FINDINGS AND CANADIAN EDUCATIONAL POLICIES FOCUSING ON FOUR MAJOR AREAS: (a) core and immersion programs for the teaching of French to Anglophone students, (b) policies concerning the learning of English and French by students from immigrant backgrounds, (c) heritage language teaching, and (d) the education of Deaf and hard-of hearing stude...

This descriptive study aims to delineate the characteristics of select students with cochlear implants in Midwest public school districts and professionals who received consultation services. Researchers analyzed nine years archival grant data focused on communication modality, district locales, types service providers. Findings yielded that largest group communicated primarily using gestures v...

Although manual transcription and captioning can increase the accessibility of multimedia for deaf students it is rarely provided in educational contexts in the UK due to the cost and shortage of highly skilled and trained stenographers. Speech recognition has the potential to reduce the cost and increase the availability of captioning if it could satisfy accuracy and readability requirements. ...

In the education of students who are deaf and hard of hearing (DHH), there is much debate about how placement affects educational outcomes and quality of life. This study examined the relationship between quality of life and educational placement that include and do not include other DHH youth. Participants included 221 DHH youth, ages 11-18 with bilateral hearing loss. Results showed that ther...

Students with disabilities face a wide range of obstacles to their academic and personal growth. Because this, they require educational services tailored the specific requirements each student. Even these disadvantages, deaf pupils must study mathematics. Therefore, there is need for mathematical learning materials that take into account characteristics children. This investigation case qualita...

ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to investigate the process appropriation, by deaf, Portuguese language as a second in dialogue with bilingual teacher through learning diary. Specifically, pedagogical strategies used mediate teaching written were characterized and appropriation writing deaf students analyzed. Learning diaries produced Elementary School II (Middle school) from an inclus...

While each of these alliances vary in focus on K-16 STEM education access, much of those efforts are targeted at improving educational technology accessibility for student populations with visual, mobility, health and learning barriers. There is a plethora of literature available on mitigating these barriers, however obstacles continue to exist for deaf and hard of hearing students in STEM prog...