Browsing by Author "Masresha, Fikirte"

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    Practices and Challenges of Inclusive Education For Deaf Students: The Case of Minilik II Preparatory School
    (Addis Ababa University, 2019-06) Masresha, Fikirte; Tefera, Tirusew (PhD)
    The purpose of this research is to understand and describe the practice and challenges of inclusive education at MinilikⅡ preparatory school. Interview, FGD and Observation were employed to collect data, the participants of the study selected using purposive sampling. Interviews and FGD were made with 12 deaf students, and with 2 sign language interpreters, 6 teachers, special needs resource room head and school principal in the selected school. Participants (pre lingual and post lingual deaf students) from the school were included to crosscheck against the data from the participants of the deaf. Findings are analyzed using content analysis across the participants and discussed in terms of the existing literature. The results absence of modified curriculum, inappropriate instructional methods, lack of trained teachers, lack of motivation, absence of support services and teaching materials, and low expectation were found to be the major challenges contributed to the practice of inclusive education of deaf in the selected school. To incidence of the problem was highest in integrated classes than in special classes of the deaf. The study suggested a set of factors which may need due consideration for the practice and challenges of inclusive education for deaf in MinillikⅡ preparatory school.