Essential Characteristics of Teachers Teaching Students with Hearing Impairments in Thailand
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Educating students with hearing impairment in Thailand is vital. In order to educating students with hearing impairment, having professional development for related staff who work with these students is essential because having high qualification staff would help these staff to perform more effective. The article aimed to study the essential characteristics of teachers teaching students with hearing impairment. This is qualitative research. The data were collected with in-depth interviews and a question guideline from the administrators and the teachers in the specialized schools for the hearing impaired. The sample consisted of 17 administrators and teachers who were ordinary teachers and hearing-impaired teachers. The schools representing each region were drawn by lottery. Also, the snowball technique was used. According to the findings, the essential characteristics of teachers teaching students with hearing impairment in Thailand were divided into 2 main characteristics: knowledge and skills. The knowledge characteristics were about the knowledge of psychology for the teachers, the other types of disabilities, and the basic education core curriculum as well as the school curriculum. However, the essential characteristics of skills consisted of Thai sign language, counseling, an Individualized Education Program (IEP), teaching materials for hearing impairment students, communication with parents, a variety of teaching methods, assessment of individual learning, and coordinating with external agencies.
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