청각장애학생 원격수업에 관한 특수교사와 학생의 경험과 요구

Abstract

In this study, an interview was conducted with seven special education teachers and seven students with deaf and hear of hearing in schools for the deaf to look into experiences and support needs of special education teachers and students with deaf and hard of hearing for distance learning management. The study results are as follows. In the first upper category ‘challenges and efforts of teachers and students with deaf and hard of hearing in distance learning’, although there were difficulties in managing and participating in distance learning, they tried for smooth distance learning and this showed a positive aspect of distance learning. In the second upper category ‘for successful distance learning of students with deaf and hard of hearing’, support needs for distance learning were space provision for distance learning management and task simplification at the level of schools, additional administrative․financial supports for schools and teachers’ concentration on distance learning management at the level of Education Offices and special education support centers, and improvement in function of sign language and subtitle support at the level of platforms. These study results imply that to provide practical and proper supports to distance learning for students with deaf and hard of hearing, constant communication and cooperation between teachers and students, and between schools and special education support centers for the hearing-impaired are required.