Elements and Performance Criteria
- Research the development of Deaf education in Australia.
- Collect information about Deaf people in early colonial Australia, their lives, education and participation in the community.
- Source information on the establishment of Deaf schools in Australia.
- Source information on the main methods of teaching and communication used in Deaf education during Australian history.
- Identify key points of debates on deaf education and the resultant changes from the establishment of schools until the present.
- Analyse the political and social organisation of the Australian Deaf community.
- Research the establishment of welfare, social and advocacy organisations of and for Deaf people during Australian history.
- Identify important issues that have engaged Deaf communities and how Deaf people defended and promoted their rights.
- Use knowledge to enhance culturally appropriate and sensitive interactions with the Deaf community.