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The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, doi:10.1093/deafed/enl003
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Received December 16, 2005
Revised May 10, 2006
Accepted May 15, 2006

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The Role of Educational Experiences in the Development of Deaf Identity

Magda Nikolaraizi 1 * and Kika Hadjikakou 2

1 University of Thessaly, Greece
2 Ministry of Education and Culture, Cyprus

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Magda Nikolaraizi, E-mail: mnikolar{at}uth.gr


  Abstract

In this study, the analytical educational experiences of 25 deaf adults are explored in relation to their identity. The qualitative analysis indicated that the most critical educational experiences for the participants' identity concerned their interactions with hearing or deaf peers and their language of communication with their peers at school. The participants with a hearing identity attended general schools, where they interacted with hearing peers in Greek, whereas the participants with a Deaf identity attended schools for the deaf, where they interacted with deaf peers in Greek Sign Language. The participants with a bicultural identity attended general schools, where they interacted with hearing peers in Greek, but they also had the chance to meet Deaf role models outside school, which played a critical role in the development of their identity.


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