Educational need assessment of deaf students in technical high schools

Abstract

Educational need assessment is the most important step in planning, particularly in curriculum development. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was answering to two questions a) What was the educational needs and its priorities in views of deaf students in technical high schools in Isfahan, Iran? b) Were there any differences between views of male and female students toward educational needs? In the present descriptive study, sixty male and female deaf students were randomly selected in two technical high schools in Isfahan. The participants completed a research-made educational need assessment questionnaire. The findings revealed that most students reported which communicational and motivational needs were needed. Also, there were significant differences between four categories of motivational needs, communicational needs, vocational needs and kinesthetic needs. The results showed that all participants reported their needs in all items, whereas female students reported more needs in motivational and kinesthetic needs than male students