The schooling situation of Hearing impaired pupils in four Regular Schools of Bahirdar and Debre Tabor Town
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2002-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to investigate the schooling situation of hearing impaired
pupils at two special units and two integrated school settings of Bahirdar and Debretabor
towns in Amhara region.
To carry out the study, relevant literature review was made. Interviews with 69
participants (26 hearing impaired pupils, 20 teachers, and 23 parents) and observation were
used to collect data. The data were grouped into categories.
The results indicated lack of parental support, 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
factors contributed the schooling problems of the hearing impaired pupils in the special and
regular classes of the deaf in the study.
Te 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
schooling of the hearing impaired pupils in regular school settings
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Bahirdar and Debre Tabor Towns