Teaching deaf learners : psychological and developmental foundations / Harry Knoors, Marc Marschark.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Knoors, Harry.

Contributor:

Marschark, Marc.

Series:

Perspectives on Deafness

Perspectives on deafness

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deaf people--Education.

Deaf people.

Deaf people--Means of communication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Teaching Deaf Learners: Psychological and Developmental Foundations explores how deaf students (children and adolescents) learn and the conditions that support their reaching their full cognitive potential -- or not. Beginning with an introduction to teaching and learning of both deaf and hearing students, Knoors and Marschark take an ecological approach to deaf education, emphasizing the need to take into account characteristics of learners and of the educational context. Building on the evidence base with respect to developmental and psychological factors in teaching on learning, they descri

Contents:

Cover; Teaching Deaf Learners; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Essentials of Learning and Teaching; DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING-NATURE AND NURTURE; THE ECOLOGICAL NATURE OF LEARNING; ORIGINS OF LEARNING; FORMAL LEARNING IN SCHOOLS; INDIVIDUAL, COOPERATIVE, AND COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; LEARNING AND TEACHING; EVIDENCE-BASED EDUCATION; INTEGRATING RESEARCH AND PRACTICE; 2 Deaf Learners: An Introduction; SPEECH, SOUND, AND HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HAVING A HEARING LOSS VERSUS BEING DEAF; BEING DEAF AT SCHOOL; LOOKING AHEAD WHILE GLANCING BACK; 3 Learning Begins at Home

LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATIONFOUNDATIONS OF SOCIAL INTERACTION; PLAY AS WINDOW AND ROOM; A DEAF CHILD IN THE FAMILY; 4 Language Development; LANGUAGE; SIGN LANGUAGE; MULTIMODALITY AND SIGN SYSTEMS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; BILINGUAL LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND FOREIG NLANGUAGE LEARNING; SPOKEN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION BY DEAF CHILDREN; SIGN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION BY DEAF CHILDREN; FROM LANGUAGE TO LEARNING; 5 Language Assessment and Teaching; LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AT HOME AND LANGUAGE LEARNING AT SCHOOL; ASSESSMENT OF LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY; INCREASING THE ACCESSIBILITY OF LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION

PROMOTING COMPETENCE IN LANGUAGE THROUGH BILINGUAL EDUCATIONFACILITATING LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH CLASSROOM INTERACTION; DIRECT LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION; LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT AND TEACHING: WHERE ARE WE?; 6 Cognitive Profiles of Deaf Learners; INTELLIGENCE VERSUS COGNITION; VISUAL ATTENTION AND VISUAL COGNITION; MEMORY AND LEARNING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING AND METACOGNITION; SOCIAL COGNITION AND THEORY OF MIND; WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?; 7 Learning and Social and Emotional Development; RELATIONSHIPS AMONG SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND ACADEMIC LEARNING; EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF DEAF LEARNERS

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTMENTAL HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE; STIMULATING PROTECTIVE FACTORS: STUDENT, FAMILY, AND SCHOOL; SO WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT?; 8 School Achievement and Instruction: Literacy; UNDERSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT OF DEAF LEARNERS; READING; BILINGUAL EDUCATION FOR DEAF LEARNERS; WRITING; 9 School Achievement and Instruction: Numeracy and Science; MATHEMATICS; THE SCIENCE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION; 10 Multimedia-Enhanced, Computer-Assisted Learning for Deaf Students; THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION; MULTIMEDIA LEARNING; STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS AFFECTING LEARNING FROM MULTIMEDIA

EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL MULTIMEDIA DESIGNEDUCATIONAL SUPPORT; EFFECTS OF MULTIMEDIA, COMPUTER-ASSISTED LEARNING IN DEAF STUDENTS; THE FUTURE OF MULTIMEDIA INSTRUCTION FOR DEAF STUDENTS; 11 Learning and Context; UNDERSTANDING SCHOOL PLACEMENT; SCHOOL PLACEMENT AND ACADEMIC OUTCOMES; CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT; SO WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT?; 12 Where Do We Go From Here?; MIND THE GAP; IMPLEMENTING EVIDENCE-BASED TEACHING; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-021384-1

0-19-938945-4

OCLC:

868580398