Investigation of The Process of Supportive Education Designed for The Reading Skills of a Student with Hearing Loss in Inclusion Environment

Abstract

In this study, it was aimed to examine the supportive service designed for the reading teaching of a student with hearing loss who is in the first grade primary school. The study was designed as an action research. The participant of this study consisted of a student with hearing loss who is in first grade primary school with his normally hearing peers, researcher/teacher, parents of the student, a classroom teacher, a teacher in the rehabilitation center and validity committee members. The data were obtained through researcher diary, interviews, observations, records of validity committee meetings, the documents. Data collection process and analysis were performed simultaneously. It was noted that the activities used in the supportive education were in parallel to the Turkish Curriculum and the Guidelines. The activities were diversified and systematically repeated. Inferring from the research findings, it can be said that the hearing loss students in the inclusion environment benefited from the supportive service practices designed for the reading skill acqusition and development.

Keywords

• Hearing loss,inclusion,supporting services,reading skills,Phonics Based Sentence Method

Kaynaştırma Ortamındaki İşitme Kayıplı Bir Öğrencinin İlkokuma Becerilerine Yönelik Destek Eğitim Sürecinin İncelenmesi*

Öz

Bu araştırmada, kaynaştırma ortamında ilkokul 1. sınıfa devam eden işitme kayıplı bir öğrencinin ilkokuma öğretimine yönelik destek eğitim hizmetinin incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Araştırma, eylem araştırması şeklinde desenlenmiştir. Katılımcılar; işitme kayıplı bir öğrenci, araştırmacı/öğretmen, aile, sınıf öğretmeni, rehabilitasyon merkezinde çalışan öğretmen, geçerlik komitesi üyeleridir. Araştırma verileri araştırmacı günlüğü, görüşmeler, gözlemler ile geçerlik komitesi toplantı kayıtları, belgeler kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Veri toplama süreci ve analizi eş zamanlı yürütülmüştür. Etkinlikler, Türkçe Öğretim Programı ve Kılavuz kitap paralelinde ve öğrencinin ihtiyaçlarından yola çıkılarak uygulanmış, etkinlikler çeşitlendirilmiş ve tekrarlanmıştır. Araştırma bulgularından yola çıkılarak kaynaştırma ortamındaki işitme kayıplı öğrencinin ilkokuma becerilerinin edinimi ve gelişimine yönelik sunulan destek eğitim uygulamalarından fayda sağladığı söylenebilir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• İşitme kaybı,kaynaştırma,destek eğitim,ilkokuma becerileri,Ses Temelli Cümle Yöntemi

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