Images as an Indicator for Deaf Students’ Teaching and Learning: An Exploratory Study

Abstract

Everyone needs to be treated equally in obtaining education opportunities irrespective of their backgrounds including disabled people. Problem arises when deaf students are taught using the traditional method of teaching and learning activities which is normally ended up with students losing their concentrations and failed in obtaining good grades. The objectives of this paper are to identify the current application of practice in teaching and learning among deaf students, and to identify the type of images used as an alternative method in deaf students teaching and learning. This exploratory study has used semi-structured interview and observation for data collection. Eleven teachers have participated in the study. The findings showed that most of the deaf students are interested in their learning activities using images as an indicator for the topic learnt and together with the gestures of body movement. Moreover, this study concluded that interactive media are fundamental as an alternative method in heightening learning ability and images as can be an indicator for deaf students teaching and learning.