Teaching Strategies for Economics to the Hearing Impaired

Abstract

The study sought to look at the teaching strategies for economics to the hearing impaired. Economics is said to be a living and dynamic subject, which is a vehicle of strict intellectual discipline, that involves looking at the world in a way which is for most, if not all of us quite new. Hearing impairment in a generic term covering all degrees and types of learning loss. In order to impact economics into the minds of hearing impaired students, some effective teaching strategies to be used were discussed such as cooperative learning, peer tutoring/buddy system and cognitive mapping. These strategies will help the teachers to meet the needs of the hearing impaired students and enhance the teachers' feelings of accomplishment because hearing impaired students depend on formal instruction and do not have access to the incidental learning available to the hearing because of their auditory link to the society.




Nigerian Journal of Clinical and Counselling Psychology Vol.8(2) 2002: 175-188