Perception of parents of children with hearing impairment about inclusive education at higher education
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2020
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UMT, Lahore
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This research aimed to explore the perception of the parents of children with hearing impairment about inclusive education at higher education. Inclusive education is a term which is used to include students from different culture, background, socio economics status, reginal variations, learning styles, abilities and disabilities. Inclusion can be full time or partial according to student’s level of disability and student’s degree of disability or according to severity level of disability. It depends on the level of support which student needs to cope in the general class room for getting access to curriculum, learning experiences, social integration. Now different al institutions are offering opportunities for Higher Education for H.I students in Pakistan. As we know their parents are having great impact on the selection of educational institutions of their children. This impact is more enhanced in case of any kind of disability.
That’s why it is important to find out about “parent’s perception of children with hearing impairment about inclusive education at higher education”. In this quantitative research, the descriptive methodology was used in designing a self-made questionnaire to assess the parent’s perception. Population for this research was the parents of the deaf students who have selected the inclusive education institute for their children with hearing impairment. Convenient sampling was used to collect the data from the parents of BS and M.A 44 parents were selected for collecting the data and then analysed by using descriptive as well inferential analysis. Response of a majority of the parents was positive towards inclusive education for children with hearing impairment at higher education. This research highlighted a new direction for arranging and starting vocational and skill-oriented programs for hearing impaired students and such initiatives will encourage them to live an independent life in a developing country like Pakistan.