The Mescheryakov experiment: Soviet work on the education of blind-deaf children
Año:
1991
Editorial:
Learning and Instruction, Nº1 (1991) pp. 201-215
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Temas
Comunidad y cultura sorda » Personas sordociegas, Educación
Detalles
By its very nature, the predicament of the blind-deaf child invites debate about the course of human development and its contributing forces. From the time they are born, blind-deaf children are seen as grievously lacking in even the most basic of human characteristics. How and on what basis should training and intervention be undertaken? Meshcheryakov embarked on a educational program for blind-deaf children which had at its core a theory of mind rooted in the concept of human activity.