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University of the Witwatersrand

Bachelor of Education with Honours in Deaf Studies

The Bachelor of Education with Honours in Deaf Studies in Education is offered by University of the Witwatersrand.

Program Length: 2 .

Bachelor of Education with Honours in Deaf Studies offered by the University of the Witwatersrand

This package has four compulsory topics and will examine issues such as disability and deafness, Sign Language and the fact that Deaf people identify themselves as a linguistic and cultural minority group.

Contemporary debates in the field on Deaf Education will also be investigated along with issues such as the role of South African Sign Language within the Bilingual-Bicultural classroom.

Throughout the course, the focus will be on the integration of theory and practice in Deaf Education.  Mode of instruction is subject to availability. Students may be required to complete a research project that focuses on Deaf Education (EDUC 4036) during this year of study.

This course will discuss Sign Language and the cognitive development of the Deaf learner. Issues such as language development, social development, emotional development, creativity and memory will be discussed from both a theoretical and practical perspective.

In order to effectively link theory and practice, the course will include a practical intervention component of cognitive enrichment through Feuerstein’s Mediated Learning Experience for the classroom.