Friday, March 18, 2011
Chapter 6
This is a very difficult question to answer. I found very little on CAEBER (Center for ASL/English Bilingual Education and Research). I did notice that the teachers get training but that was all I could find. I would like to get training on BiBi programs if the school I work at teaches with this philosophy. To answer the question you would have to research the family life in general. You cannot base results of a test just based if a child has a deaf parent or not. I think test results would really depend on how involved families are in the child's education. If a parent is involved and helps their child with homework, makes sure they are at school, etc. the test scores should not be different no matter the hearing status. However, if a parent does not care then the test results will suffer. I don't know if I am answering this question correctly but again it is a difficult question to answer.
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It seems we all pretty much agree that parent involvement plays a big part in student achievement. I agree we can’t base the results off if a child has a deaf parent or not. Because Deaf people are as unique and varied as hearing people, we have to assume that their parenting styles will be as well. Not all hearing parents are actively engaged in their child’s life, so perhaps not all Deaf parents are either. I’m beginning to think that in all of these studies about student achievement, researchers should begin to include some information about parental involvement. I think that would be important information to have to interpret results.
ReplyDeleteI think that is the most important is the family life. We cant stress it enough. I like but both you and Sara said, we cant say just because people who are deaf all act and think the same because they are all deaf. Hearing people don't act and think the same because we are all hearing. A person would be crazy to make that assumption so we cant make the same assumption with people who are deaf.
ReplyDeleteI agree. Blaming the ignorance of hearing parents on Deaf culture is not the answer.
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