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Mild Hearing Loss and Aboriginal Children’s Learning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

Damien Howard
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Abstract

The failure at school of Aboriginal students from traditional backgrounds has generally been ascribed to cultural differences. This study, however, investigated the relationship between Aboriginal children's learning and hearing loss. Aboriginal students with hearing loss were found to be different in that they used the highly verbal teacher-oriented behaviours, which were associated with school success, less than other students. There was evidence that some students with hearing loss used alternative peer-oriented learning strategies with some success. Also compensatory practises by teachers, including using Aboriginal teaching styles, appeared to assist some students with hearing loss.

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Research Article
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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , March 1991 , pp. 33 - 51
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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