Innovative teaching methods based on the method of solving webquest problems as a factor for the development of key competences for people with hearing impairment in vocational training

• Main Authors: Zacłona, Tomasz, Józefiak, Jakub
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Polish
• Published: Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa w Nowym Sączu 2021
• Subjects: edu; socio; Norway; Iceland
• Online Access: https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/2045965.pdf; https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/2045965

Recognizing the special educational needs of people with hearing impairments, as well as their complexity and diversity, one should seek effective and efficient methods of development, including social and cognitive competences. As K. Krakowiak pointed out, there are no universal methods, and the ones that are used should take into account the individual preferences of the student (Krakowiak, 2016, pp. 51-52). This can be achieved, among others by adopting the existing and creating new teaching methods and the means adequate to the individual and special educational needs of deaf and hard of hearing people (cf. Bartoszek, Sak, 2014, pp. 107-108). In this article, the authors analysed the possibilities of using the WebQuest (WQ) method in vocational education of people with hearing impairments. As part of the project entitled: Innovative teaching methods based on the WebQuest problem-solving method, financed by Iceland Liechtenstein Norway Grands, 120 teaching tools based on the WQ method were created. Half of them were implemented in vocational education of people with hearing impairments at the Janusz Korczak Special Educational Center for the Deafin Krakow. The results of the research conducted among the teachers and students testing the method showed that the WQ method is useful in vocational education of people with hearing impairments. It supports the development of students' key competences and skills, i.e. targeted information search, information processing, problem solving, critical and creative thinking, team collaboration, thinking in terms of analysis, synthesis and evaluation of information. However, its implementation in the education of people with hearing impairments has some limitations, which were identified in the conducted research. Dostrzegając specjalne potrzeby edukacyjne osób z zaburzeniami słuchu oraz ich skomplikowanie i zróżnicowanie, powinno się poszukiwać skutecznych oraz efektywnych metod rozwijania w tej grupie kompetencji społecznych i poznawczych. Jak zauważyła K. Krakowiak, nie ...