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Deaf Teacher Candidates in Hearing Classrooms: A Unique Teacher Preparation Program
- American Annals of the Deaf
- Gallaudet University Press
- Volume 145, Number 1, March 2000
- pp. 15-21
- 10.1353/aad.2012.0265
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An undergraduate teacher education program at Gallaudet University prepares deaf students in "regular" education. This includes a required full-time internship with hearing students (assisted by sign language interpreters). Graduates then continue in a master's degree program in deaf education, thus acquiring dual certification. Several studies indicate that these deaf candidates progress through the same developmental stages as hearing candidates and that they develop high expectations for deaf learners. Issues related to implementing such a program are discussed.