title: Views from the field: program directors' perceptions of teacher education and the education of students who are deaf or hard of hearing.
abstract: Arandom sample of directors of programs for the deaf in North America were surveyed to get their views about the skills that teacher education programs need to be teaching future teachers of students who are deaf or hard of hearing. The directors were queried about literacy practices, classroom management strategies, and communication strategies used in their programs, and were encouraged to comment freely on the questionnaire items presented to them. Program directors predicted a need for more itinerant and resource teachers. The survey also revealed that programs for the deaf are highly behaviorist (i.e., You do this and you'll get that) in the way they induce students to learn and in how they manage student behavior.
authors.affiliation: Education of the Deaf, Department of speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, USA.
authors.forename: Henry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Teller
authors.forename: Jillian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Harney
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D002170:Canada; D060345:Education of Persons with Hearing Disabilities; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States