The Concept of Inclusive Education: Teacher Training and Acquisition of English Language in the Hearing Impaired     

Gertrude M. I. Wamae  Rachael W. Kang'ethe-Kamau 《British Journal of Special Education》2004,31(1):33-40

Three languages are widely used in schools in Kenya – English, Kiswahili and Kenya Sign Language. Many pupils with hearing impairments are taught separately from the mainstream, in specialist settings. The fact that most of the formal teaching, assessment and examination processes in Kenyan schools rely upon spoken and written English compounds the separation of these pupils from the mainstream of education and, potentially, from the mainstream of society. In this article, Gertrude Wamae, graduate assistant in the Department of English and Linguistics at Kenyatta University, and Rachael Kang'ethe-Kamau, lecturer in the Department of Special Education at Kenyatta University, discuss the relationships between language, hearing impairment and inclusion in the Kenyan context. The article suggests that the use of signed exact English would enhance opportunities for inclusion for those with hearing impairments and that programmes of teacher training need to take account of persuasive research in this area. The article closes with a plea for further research, carried out collaboratively by educationalists, linguists, teacher trainers and practitioners, to develop policies and practices suited to more inclusive futures. The article is based on a paper presented to the International Conference on Inclusive Education run by Maseno University in September 2002.  相似文献   

International Early Childhood Resources from Educational Research Abstracts (ERA)     

L. Girolametto  S. Bonifacio  C. Visini  E. Weitzman  E. Zocconi  P.S. Pearce 《International Journal of Early Years Education》2003,11(3):255-260

The aim was to examine cross-cultural variation in linguistic responsiveness to young children in 10 English-speaking mother–child dyads and 10 Italian-speaking mother– child dyads. All 20 children were late talkers who possessed delays in expressive vocabulary development but age-appropriate cognitive and receptive language skills. Dyads were filmed in 15 minute free play contexts, which were transcribed and coded for measures of maternal linguistic input (e.g. rate, MLU, labels, expansions) and child language productivity (e.g. utterances, different words used). The results revealed that the Italian mothers used more utterances, spoke more quickly and used a more diverse vocabulary than the Canadian mothers. The Italian children mirrored their mothers and also used more utterances and a more diverse vocabulary than the Canadian children. Mothers in both groups used similar percentages of responsive labels and expansions. However, Italian mothers responded to fewer of their children's vocalisations, using a smaller percentage of imitations and interpretations than the Canadian mothers. Correlations between maternal input and children's language productivity revealed that contingent language measures (e.g. imitations, interpretations, expansions) were related to high levels of productivity in children in both cultural groups. The results support the use of language interventions based on increasing maternal responsiveness for these children at the one-word stage of language development. They also point to differences that may be culturally based. For example, Italian mothers use faster rates of interaction and appear to have higher expectations for their children's verbal participation in interaction. This is reflected in higher rates of language production from their children, even though children in both cultural groups have similar vocabulary sizes.  相似文献   

Book Review     

Louise Gagnon-Arguin  Carol Couture  Agnes E. M. Jonker  Fernanda Ribeiro 《Archival Science》2001,1(1):107-116

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赛艇运动的项目特性及训练指导思想   总被引：13，自引：4，他引：9  

周学军 《湖北体育科技》2001,20(3):35-36

通过对赛艇运动项目决定成绩的因素,如供能系统、专项素质、生理特性的分析,确定了赛艇运动的特性及规律,并据此特性科学地提出了该项目的训练指导思想.  相似文献   

对奥运会及我国大型运动会发行体育彩票融资的研究   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

王相飞  赵鸽燕 《湖北体育科技》2001,20(3):10-11,14

当代大型运动会明显表现出对资金的高需求,但是目前各国中央政府的财政收入不足是各国政府共同面临的普遍问题,这将严重影响政府对大型运动会的投入,而发行体育彩票正是解决这一问题的主要手段之一.笔者就奥运会发行体育彩票的情况和我国举办大型运动会发行体育彩票的情况及存在问题作一论述,并对我国大型运动会通过发行体育彩票的融资提出建议.  相似文献   

Educational and Employment Testing: Changing Concepts in Measurement and Policy     

Wayne J. Camara  Dianne C. Brown 《Educational Measurement》1995,14(1):5-11

How will the expansion of the concept of construct validity affect validation practice in employment testing? How does the need for consequential validity differ in educational and employment testing? How do the research bases differ for performance assessment in these settings? Are there parallel trends in policies for test use in education and industry?  相似文献   

The coming of age of information technology     

Taube M 《Bulletin of the Medical Library Association》1989,77(3):268

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The coming of age of information technology     

Taube M 《Bulletin of the Medical Library Association》1989,77(4):371

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The medical library and the medical student     

Long EC  Miller PG 《Bulletin of the Medical Library Association》1989,77(1):60

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Educational videotape: a medium full of promise and riddled with pitfalls     

DAVID WILL  ROBERT M. WRATE 《Health information and libraries journal》1988,5(4):234-236