The project will support research aimed at an identification of attitudes of elementary school teachers towards the integration of hearing-impaired children into regular schools. The project leader will capture the current state of the teachers' knowledge in the area of hearing impairment and potential communication barriers. The data gained within the research will be processed as one of the outputs of the author's dissertation and can be used as a guideline for respective changes in content and/or form of the education of the future teachers, or in the lifelong learning.

Results

Active Participation at Conferences: Pitnerová, P. Are future teachers prepared for the integration of pupils? Conf. On Current Problems of Methodology and Methods in Special Pedagogy, Pedagogical Faculty, Palacký University, Olomouc. Pitnerová, P. Readiness of Future Teachers for Integration of Hearing-impaired Pupils. Conf. On Methodological Problems of Students‘ Qualification Works in Special Pedagogy, Pedagogical Faculty, University of Hradec Králové. Pitnerová, P. We are preparing future teachers to integrate pupils with hearing disabilities Conf. On Social Work in the Context of Special Pedagogy, Pedagogical Faculty, Masaryk University, Brno. Published Papers: Pitnerová, P. We are preparing future teachers to integrate pupils with hearing disabilities In Mühlpachr (Ed): Social Work in the Context of Special Pedagogy, Pedagogical Faculty, Masaryk University, Brno. 1. ed. Brno : muni PRESS, 2009. od s. 121-130, 9 s. ISBN 978-80-210-4951-2. Papers in Print: Pitnerová, P. Are future teachers prepared for the integration of pupils? In Proc. of Current Problems of Methodology and Methods in Special Pedagogy, Pedagogical Faculty, Palacký University, Olomouc. Pitnerová, P. Readiness of Future Teachers for Integration of Hearing-impaired Pupils. In Proc. of Methodological Problems of Students‘ Qualification Works in Special Pedagogy, Pedagogical Faculty, University of Hradec Králové. Papers Ready to Submit: Pitnerová, P. Family in the Care of Children with Hearing Impairment, to be submitted to XI. Intl. Conf. On People with Special Needs Family and Its Role in Special Pedagogy, Pedagogical Faculty, Palacký University, Olomouc. March 2010. Part of Dissertation On-line Questionnaire