The Early Care and Education of Deaf Children in Ghana

Ruth Swanwick is Professor of deaf education at the University of Leeds in the School of Education. Ruth's research activities encompass childhood deafness, language and learning, inclusive and bilingual education, and teacher development. She is currently developing the impact activities that are the outcome of collaborative UK-Ghana project that investigated the early education for young deaf children and their caregivers in Ghana. Daniel Fobi is a lecturer in deaf education and inclusive education, a sign language interpreter, and graduate programmes coordinator at the University of Education, Winneba, Ghana. He is also a project officer and a visiting research fellow at the School of Education, University of Leeds. Dani is currently working to support scholarship in sub-Saharan Africa and building the academic and research capacity of researchers of the region by providing mentorship and professional development training to teachers. Yaw Nyadu Offei is an Associate Professor in Audiology and Special Education at the University of Education, Winneba. Ghana. He has a Master of Philosophy degree in Special Education from the University of Cape Coast in Ghana, a Master of Science in Audiological Sciences at University College London and, a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Educational Audiology from the Faculty of Education, University of Cologne in Germany. Alexander M. Oppong is a professional teacher of the deaf and senior lecturer in the Department of Special Education, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana. He specialises in training graduate and undergraduate teachers of the deaf. Alex is currently one of the co-investigators on the British Academy Global Challenges Research Funded project that seeks to examine early education for young deaf children and their caregivers in Ghana.

1: Ruth Swanwick, Daniel Fobi, Yaw Nyadu Offei, Alexander Mills Oppong, Joyce Fobi, Obed Appau, Derrick Asomaning, Richard Doku, Linda Amanvida Gibbah: Introduction: The writing context, vision, and objectives
2: Daniel Fobi, Derrick Asomaning: Childhood deafness in sub-saharan Africa
3: Alexander Mills Oppong, Obed Appau: African childhoods
4: Yaw Nyadu Offei, Linda Amanvida Gibbah: The early care and education of deaf childhren in Ghana
5: Ruth Swanwick, Joyce Fobi: Researching childhood deafness and early support: ethical and methodological implications
6: Ruth Swanwick, Obed Appau: The experiences of caregivers of deaf children
7: Ruth Swanwick, Joyce Fobi: The multilingual context of ECCE for deaf children and their families in Ghana
8: Yaw Nyadu Offei, Linda Amanvida Gibbah: The role of professionals
9: Daniel Fobi,Derrick Asomaning, Richard Doku: Deaf adult participation and leadership in ECCE
10: Ruth Swanwick, Daniel Fobi: Early childhood care and education of deaf children: the development of knowledge, theory and practice