Description
This project “Improving Learning for Deaf Students in Inclusive and Special Secondary Education in Uganda” aimed at improving the quality of teaching of deaf students in secondary schools toen able them to achieve their full potential, promote hearing care and sign language use. Specifically, the project at: Supporting the implementation of the Bachelor of Inclusive Deaf Education and Post Graduate Diploma in Inclusive Deaf Education programs.Training UMU lecturers of linguistics, psychology, science andeducation about deafness and how it connects with their disciplines and teaching to facilitate them to teach courses on deafness related to their disciplines. Training pre-service and in-servic secondary school teachers how to facilitate learning of deaf andhard-of-hearing learners in either special or inclusive settings.Promoting informal cross-cutting thematic learning in collaboration with deaf adults and in-service teachers. And establishing an audiological lab for training teachers and for providing hearing health services to the community and a resource room to support teaching. UMU is the implementing institution and Royal Kentalis provides knowledge on deafness. Kentalis’ role is to train UMU lecturers in the “training of trainer” program. The project period was three years and six months
Acronym BIDE
Related Unit Faculty of Education
Affiliation Royal Kentalis, A Dutch Foundation