Never Deaf of Learning with Heart: Understanding the Essence of Handling Pupils with Hearing Impairment

Authors

  • Remedios M. Dela Rosa
  • Ferdinand C. Somido
  • Pedrito Jose V. Bermudo
  • Ellen A. Salinas
  • Antonio R. Yango
  • Leomar S. Galicia, Dr. University of Perpetual Help System Laguna, Philippines

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25255/jss.2017.6.4.726.733

Keywords:

lived experience, special education teachers, learners with hearing impairment, phenomenological study

Abstract

This transcendental phenomenology study aimed at describing and understanding the lived experience of eight (8) Special education teachers handling learners with hearing impairment.Specifically, they were private school teachers in the cities of Biñan, Sta. Rosa and San Pedro Laguna, Philippines who were purposively selected using inclusion criteria. Framed with the approach of Moustakas (1994) as cited by Creswell (2007), the researchers carefully analyzed the participants’ verbatim accounts which resulted in six (6) themes categorized into textural and structural descriptions. Collectively taken, the essence of the study highlighted the participants’ experience in handling hearing-impaired learners which covered engaging them in different activities (Theme 1), customized communication with them (Theme 2), and love and drive to reach out to these individuals (Theme 3). They coped with the challenges they face by clinging to the vital role of assessment tools (Theme 4), highlighting values in teaching (Theme 5) and viewing their profession as a calling of commitment and devotion (Theme 6). The lived experiences of special education teachers with learners diagnosed with hearing impairment may serve as a feedback for special education instructional materials suppliers or developers in improving the contents of their works to better cater the needs of special education teachers in terms of the choice of innovated instructional materials that specifically address the learning needs of students in special education.

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Published

2017-10-01

How to Cite

Rosa, R. M. D., Somido, F. C., Bermudo, P. J. V., Salinas, E. A., Yango, A. R., & Galicia, L. S. (2017). Never Deaf of Learning with Heart: Understanding the Essence of Handling Pupils with Hearing Impairment. Journal of Social Sciences (COES&Amp;RJ-JSS), 6(4), 726–733. https://doi.org/10.25255/jss.2017.6.4.726.733