AN EXAMINATION OF THE HISTORY OF DEAF EDUCATION IN GREECE AND IN CYPRUS: DETERMINING FACTORS FOR ITS DEVELOPMENT

dc.creator	VENETTA LAMPROPOULOU
dc.creator	KIKA HADJIKAKOU
dc.date	2010-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:11:54Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:11:54Z
dc.identifier	1567-6617
dc.identifier	1573-1731
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/ddd569543aa345cfafd468d51571d78f
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/14799
dc.description	The history of deaf education worldwide has mainly focused on the oral versus sign language debate.Only minor attention has been paid to the historical context and background in which educational ideasand methods for teaching deaf children developed. Significant historical information about deaf educationin Greece and in Cyprus began relatively late with the founding of the first schools for the deaf in thetwentieth century. This paper will provide a comparative examination of the history of deaf education inGreece and in Cyprus by highlighting the most important events that have contributed to the developmentof the education of deaf people in both countries. Data for this paper were drawn from “official” sources(written documents), as well as from interviews with informants (teachers, parents, and deaf people) ofGreece and Cyprus. The study has revealed that the history of deaf education in both countries has beeneventful, and it has developed through major shortcomings and debates. Despite the fact that Greece andCyprus are in close geographical proximity and the fact that their educational policies on various issuesare quite similar, the main findings of this study show that a number of factors have led to the developmentof different provisions for deaf children in these two countries. Specifically, parents' lobbying, DeafCommunity empowerment, various legal measures, available technology, and teachers' training backgroundsseem to be the major contributing factors for the establishment of a) bilingual education, andspecial units and schools for the deaf in Greece and b) oral education and inclusion in Cyprus.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	IAIMTE
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dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1567-6617
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1573-1731
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND
dc.source	L1 Educational Studies in Language and Literature, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 41-56 (2010)
dc.subject	history
dc.subject	deaf education
dc.subject	Cyprus
dc.subject	Greek.
dc.subject	Philology. Linguistics
dc.subject	P1-1091
dc.subject	Language and Literature
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Linguistics
dc.subject	DOAJ:Languages and Literatures
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Philology. Linguistics
dc.subject	P1-1091
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	DOAJ:Linguistics
dc.subject	DOAJ:Languages and Literatures
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Philology. Linguistics
dc.subject	P1-1091
dc.subject	Language and Literature
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dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	Philology. Linguistics
dc.subject	P1-1091
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Philology. Linguistics
dc.subject	P1-1091
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
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dc.title	AN EXAMINATION OF THE HISTORY OF DEAF EDUCATION IN GREECE AND IN CYPRUS: DETERMINING FACTORS FOR ITS DEVELOPMENT
dc.type	article