Education of Deaf Children

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Excerpt from Education of Deaf Children: Evidence of Edward Miner Gallaudet and Alexander Graham Bell, Presented to the Royal Commission of the United Kingdom on the Condition of the Blind, the Deaf and Dumb, Etc, , With Accompanying Papers, Postscripts, and an Index The teaching of language, as the key to knowledge, rightly holds the, foremost place in the instruc tion of the deaf. In this branch, radical reforms are steadily making progress which have not been subjected as yet to statistical inquiry. Subordinate to language-teaching, though holding a more promi nent place in current thought and discussion, is the teaching of speech. Figures are at hand to illustrate the progress of this phase of improvement in the education of the deaf in the United States. In 1887, the total number of deaf children under instruction was of whom or 32 per cent, were taught articulation, in 1891, four years later, deaf children were under instruction, of whom or 46 per cent, received instruction in articulation. In the former year, out of 577 teachers, 171, or per cent, were engaged in teaching speech, in the latter, out of 686 teachers, 258, or per cent, were' teachers of speech. The reader is referred to page 259 in Part III. For interesting tables which more fully illustrate the growth of speech-teaching in the United States. The returns of pupils taught by speech are incomplete. The number reported for 1891 is 963, or per cent. Of the entire number of deaf pupils attending school. 365 of these were in, the New England States where they formed per cent. Of the whole number of pupils, and per cent. Of the pupils receiving instruction in speech. The following table, presenting the statistics of speech-teaching in the United States by geographical groups, has been compiled from the returns tabulated by Dr. E. A. Fay in the American Annals for January, 1892. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.