title: Prospects and challenges of educating deaf pupils in Nigeria: teachers' perceptions.
abstract: Structured interviews with 40 teachers of deaf primary school pupils and a matched control group of 40 other teachers examined their respective perceptions of the problems and prospects of educating deaf pupils in Nigeria. The greatest challenge identified by the teachers was society's weak acceptance of the legitimacy of deaf education and the greatest prospect was the high achievement motivation of deaf pupils.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Togonu-Bickersteth
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D003638:Deafness / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004519:Education, Special; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria; D013663:Teaching