Summary: | 碩士 === 國立高雄師範大學 === 特殊教育學系 === 92 === Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explore teachers’ perception in services for hearing impaired students in inclusive classes. Questionnaires were sent to 60 teachers who taught regular classes at elementary schools in Kaohsiung city, Kaoshiung county, and Pintung city. All subjects had at least one hearing impaired student in the class. The questionnaire has eighty-five items of support services that were divided into four major categories, support in administration, in teaching, in school life adaptation, and for family. Subjects were asked to rate the degree of the importance for each service and the degree each service being provided.
The study revealed the following.
1.More than 50% of the teachers rated all 85 services as important.
2.The average score rated by teachers in the degree of importance were above 3 for all four categories of support services, the highest possible score was 4.
3.As for the degree in which support service was provided, the average score rated by teachers was below three. The difference between the degree of importance and the degree of its being provided was significant for all four categories of support services (p<.05). Twelve background variables were analyzed to see if the difference was significant. Results showed that only one variable, to cut down the number of students in the class, was significant. (p<.05).
4.The three cities studied did not reveal any difference in the following three aspects regarding support services, the degree of importance, the degree of its being provided, and the discrepancy between them.
5.Kaohsiung city, Kaoshiung county, and Pintung city showed different pattern of results in cross comparison in four categories of support services.
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