Sign language education in pre-school: Prospective pre-school teachers’ views about the Turkish sign language course

IF 0.7 4区教育学 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

South African Journal of Education Pub Date : 2023-05-31 DOI:10.15700/saje.v43n2a2179

Pelin Pistav Akmese, Nilay Kayhan

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Abstract

Pre-school education is significant in the education of deaf children. The pre-school teacher is a gateway to realising the inclusion of deaf children in schools. In this study we investigated prospective pre-school teachers’ opinions and thoughts about sign language in deaf children’s education. In this descriptive study we employed the qualitative research method: semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 prospective pre-school teachers who took the elective sign language course in the fall semester of the 2018–2019 academic year. The main themes obtained from the interviews were as follows: “Quality in early childhood education”, “Innovative practices in teacher training”, “Inclusive education in the pre-school period”, “Effective teaching for deaf children” and “Sign language competence of teachers.” The research findings suggest that prospective teachers must learn sign language that would contribute to their professional competence and that they would actively use sign language in their future professional lives.

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学前手语教育:准幼儿教师对土耳其手语课程的看法

学前教育在聋儿教育中具有重要意义。学前教师是实现聋儿入学的门户。在本研究中，我们调查了未来的学前教师对聋儿手语教育的看法和想法。在这项描述性研究中，我们采用了定性研究方法：对2018–2019学年秋季学期选修手语课程的16名准学前教师进行了半结构化访谈。访谈的主题如下：“幼儿教育的质量”、“教师培训的创新实践”、“学前全纳教育”、“聋儿的有效教学”和“教师的手语能力”。“研究结果表明，未来的教师必须学习有助于提高专业能力的手语，并在未来的职业生活中积极使用手语。

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South African Journal of Education EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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16 weeks

期刊介绍： The South African Journal of Education (SAJE) publishes original research articles reporting on research that fulfils the criteria of a generally accepted research paradigm; review articles, intended for the professional scientist and which critically evaluate the research done in a specific field in education; book reviews, i.e. concise evaluations of books that have recently appeared; and letters in which criticism is given of articles that appeared in this Journal. Indicate the relevance of the study for education research where the education system is characterised by transformation, and/or an emerging economy/development state, and/or scarce resources. Research articles of localised content, i.e. of interest only to specific areas or specialists and which would not appeal to the broader readership of the Journal, should preferably not be submitted for consideration by the Editorial Committee. Ethical considerations: A brief narrative account/description of ethical issues/aspects should be included in articles that report on empirical findings.