How Deaf Children Think, Learn, Read
Thinking, Learning, & Culture
Teachers
Deaf people have not been allowed to take control of their education.
Teachers are regulated to work with older students.
These students are typically more difficult and these teachers get stuck with them because the are the only ones that can really communicate.
Concrete Vs. Abstract Thinkers
THE DIFFERENCE?
Concrete Thinkers:
Abstract Thinkers:
Experience the world through familiar objects and events
Find principles in recurring events and solve problems
ASL can help express both concrete and abstract ideas
In the past it was thought that Deaf people were less intelligent and were not abstract thinkers
?: Are thee students more troubled because growing up they had no one to communicate with.
Deaf people are the same as hearing people on tests and nonverbal intelligence
English based tests are given, deaf people score lower
Visual Attention, Imagery, and Visual Spatial Skills
Deaf people use their eyes to think, learn, and remember.
Deaf signing children they have the advantage of the early cognitive and social skills.
TOOLS: technological devices, reading, and writing
most are visual learners
Ways Deaf children learn through gaze behaviors, and joint attention
Pictures
Illustrations
drawings
movies
visual media
Classroom Techniques
Small class sizes
Semi circle around the teacher
wait until all student eyes are on the teachers
Give students time to read the board before continuing to the lesson/lecture