This Is Deaf: Education

This time, Ahmed and guests look at how Deaf education has changed over the last century.

27m 37s

Magazine programme (2021). Presenter Ahmed Mudawi chats with Dr Kate Rowley, an academic who is passionate about Deaf education, and meets three former students from varied educational backgrounds to uncover their experiences and why they believe Deaf students are still academically behind their hearing peers.  This episode also looks at key historical figures in Deaf education, and how changes in the 1980s led to a new and very different education system.  A Signpost Productions production for BSLBT.

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