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The Status of Deaf People in the Model of Open Education in the 21st Century

Author(s): Anna Sylwia Czyż
Subject(s): Education, School education, Inclusive Education / Inclusion
Published by: Uniwersytet Ignatianum w Krakowie
Keywords: Deaf culture; Identity; Education System; Bilingualism; Inclusion

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the situation of the deaf in an educational system which promotes the multicultural and transcultural. This includes the specific of functioning and identity of the hard of hearing, who live in a “world of silence”, but “sound society”. Attention is drawn to how to create an educational environment conducive to the development of the culture of the hard of hearing and abolishing biopsychosocial barriers, including communication. The dissertation is focused on supporting the development of a child who is hard of hearing and unable to develop sound speech at a level that allows human communication and exploration of the world. Growing up in a hard of hearing culture, however, they can perceive reality by creating relationships and cognitive representations in Polish Sign Language.

  • Issue Year: 12/2017
  • Issue No: 2 (44)
  • Page Range: 13-24
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish