Educational opportunities and challenges of students with hearing impairment in Limat Behibret primary School, Assela
| dc.contributor.advisor | Tsega, Sewalem (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | wubshet, Tewodros | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-08-10T07:28:22Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-05T08:57:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-08-10T07:28:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-05T08:57:27Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of the study was to identify the Educational Opportunities and Challenges of Students with Hearing Impairment in LimatBehibret Primary School. In this qualitative, interviews with 32 participants involved. This includes 10 students with hearing impairment, 5 parents of students with hearing impairment, 8 hearing students, 5 teachers, 2 special needs professionals and 2 school principal. Focus group discussions were held with 8 students with hearing impairment and 8 hearing students. Observation and document analysis also employed. Results of the analysis indicates students with hearing impairments are advantageous for being integrated economical their basic needs are fulfilled by the Charity organization named Christian Horizon and USAID School-Community Partnership Serving Orphans and Vulnerable Children USAID/SCOPSO. With regarding to education previously there was no any school for students with hearing impairment to attend. But now there are integrated so as to get education support considering their needs socially they are benefiting a lot because they learn together with hearing students. These students also facing challenges after they integrated into regular classes. These challenges occurred, due to lack of knowledge of Ethiopian sign language of the regular class teachers and their peers, lack of motivation of teachers to learn the Ethiopian Sign Language, lack of resources and unavailability of resource room, and other factors tackling the growth of inclusive education the school | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/11536 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Limat Behibret primary School, Assela | en_US |
| dc.title | Educational opportunities and challenges of students with hearing impairment in Limat Behibret primary School, Assela | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |