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The programme considers the implications of deafness for the acquisition of language. At a special school for the deaf in Hertfordshire the interaction between teacher & child is examined in gr...oups of children aged 5-7 and 9-11. The equally important home school nexus is revealed in scenes between a mother and her 6 year old deaf son and her 2 year old hearing daughter. To be deaf from birth can stunt the whole growth of personality and intelligence. In learning about deaf children we can learn more about the cognitive and affective development of normal children than by almost any other method.
The programme considers the implications of deafness for the acquisition of language. At a special school for the deaf in Hertfordshire the interaction between teacher & child is examined in gr...oups of children aged 5-7 and 9-11. The equally important home school nexus is revealed in scenes between a mother and her 6 year old deaf son and her 2 year old hearing daughter. To be deaf from birth can stunt the whole growth of personality and intelligence. In learning about deaf children we can learn more about the cognitive and affective development of normal children than by almost any other method.
| Module code and title: | E200, Contemporary issues in education |
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| Item code: | E200; 04 |
| First transmission date: | 21-03-1981 |
| Published: | 1981 |
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| Duration: | 00:23:32 |
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| Producer: | Suzanne, 1941- Campbell-Jones |
| Contributors: | Mollie Kennedy; David Wood |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Cognitive development; Deafness; Handicap; Heathlands school; Language; Special education |
| Footage description: | Shots of a teacher in class with deaf five year olds at Heathlands school for the deaf in Hertfordshire. Barnes' commentary explains what can be learned from studying the ways in which teachers, parents and children overcome the barriers created by deafness. Interview with David Wood of Nottingham University about the educational methods used at Heathlands. He explains the advantage of using both cued speech and signing over film of teachers talking with deaf children. Further interview with Wood, who describes the difficulties involved in getting insights into the fantasy world of deaf children. Film of a teacher at Heathlands participating in the fantasy play of some five year-olds. Shots of Barnes looking round the school with headmistress Mollie Kennedy. In interview Kennedy discusses the usefulness of the of the children's hearing aids. Shots of these being tested in class. Kennedy also discusses the relationship between the school and children's homes. Shots of a child's home book being shown to other children in class. |
| Production number: | FOUE030Y |
| Videofinder number: | 520 |
| Available to public: | no |
