When Words Alone Don't Speak: Preliminary Findings from a Higher Education Program with Innovative Delivery Technologies
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Klopper, Christopher
Beamish, Wendi
Klieve, Helen
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2017
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Sign bilingual education, as an approach to the education of deaf children, has been recognised in Australia for many years. The effective implementation of this approach requires teachers to have a sound linguistic knowledge and communicative competence in Australian Sign Language (Auslan), as well as an understanding of current theory and research in pedagogical practices. This paper explores preliminary findings of a case study that utilised design-based research to deliver a specialised program in Australian Sign Language Studies to a group of teachers and teaching assistants working with deaf students throughout the ...
View more >Sign bilingual education, as an approach to the education of deaf children, has been recognised in Australia for many years. The effective implementation of this approach requires teachers to have a sound linguistic knowledge and communicative competence in Australian Sign Language (Auslan), as well as an understanding of current theory and research in pedagogical practices. This paper explores preliminary findings of a case study that utilised design-based research to deliver a specialised program in Australian Sign Language Studies to a group of teachers and teaching assistants working with deaf students throughout the state of Queensland, Australia. Findings reveal that the use of technology was a facilitating factor in the student's learning rather than an objective of learning. The approach utilised highlights the pedagogical possibilities that delivery technologies for learning offer in Higher Education.
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View more >Sign bilingual education, as an approach to the education of deaf children, has been recognised in Australia for many years. The effective implementation of this approach requires teachers to have a sound linguistic knowledge and communicative competence in Australian Sign Language (Auslan), as well as an understanding of current theory and research in pedagogical practices. This paper explores preliminary findings of a case study that utilised design-based research to deliver a specialised program in Australian Sign Language Studies to a group of teachers and teaching assistants working with deaf students throughout the state of Queensland, Australia. Findings reveal that the use of technology was a facilitating factor in the student's learning rather than an objective of learning. The approach utilised highlights the pedagogical possibilities that delivery technologies for learning offer in Higher Education.
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Conference Title
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2017 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES ENHANCING EDUCATION (ICAT2E 2017)
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68
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Curriculum and pedagogy not elsewhere classified