Dr Ruth Swanwick
Senior Lecturer in Deaf Education
Tel: +44 (0)113 3434582
Room: HP 1.05
Email: r.a.swanwick@education.leeds.ac.uk
Special education and the education of deaf children; deaf children’s bilingual skills (sign language and English) and educational achievements, Deaf children's literacy development, numeracy skills and learning styles.
Member of Inclusive Education, Centre for Language Education Research, CCHRE.
Interests
BSL welcome: http://lutube.leeds.ac.uk/eduras/videos/522
I am a senior lecturer in deaf education and lead the MA in Deaf Education programme, which is a distance education course leading to the mandatory teacher of the deaf qualification.
A deaf student's experience: http://lutube.leeds.ac.uk/eduras/videos/573
My research focuses on the use of sign language in the education of deaf children and ways in which this supports language and literacy development. My recent funded research includes an ESRC project looking at deaf children's early literacy experiences in the home and a Nuffield funded project which examined the role of sign language for deaf children with cochlear implants.
I am keen to encourage research students (EdD or PhD) to work with me in deaf education particularly in the areas of deafness, development and learming and sign bilingual development and practice in schools and services. My energies are currently focused on developing more international collaboration between researchers and practitionners and a new MA in Deaf Education International for 2009. http://www.education.leeds.ac.uk/news/news_item.php?item=184
Selected Publications
PAPERS
Watson, L . and Swanwick, R. (2008). "Parents' and Teachers' Views on Deaf Children's Literacy at Home: Do they agree?". Deafness and Education International, 10 (1), 22 - 39. Read Abstract.
Swanwick, R. and Watson, L. (2007). "Parents sharing books with young deaf children in spoken English and in BSL: The common and diverse features of different language settings". Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 12(3), 385 - 405. Read Abstract.
Swanwick,R. and Tsverik, I. (2007). "The role of sign language for deaf children with cochlear implants: good practice in sign bilingual settings". Deafness and Education International, 9(4), 214 - 231. Read Abstract.
Swanwick, R. and Watson, L (2005). "Literacy in the homes of young deaf children: common and distinct features of spoken language and sign bilingual environments". Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 5 (1), 53 - 78. Read Abstract.
Swanwick, R., Oddy, A. and Roper, T. (2004). "Mathematics and Deaf Pupils: An exploration of barriers to success.". Deafness and Education International, 7(1), 1- 22. Read Abstract.
Swanwick, R. (2001). "The demands of a sign bilingual context for teachers and learners: an observation of language use and learning experiences.". Deafness and Education International, 3(2), 62 - 79.
BOOKS
Swanwick, R and Gregory, S. (2007). "Sign Bilingual Education: Policy and Practice". Coleford: Douglas McLean. Read Abstract.
Knight, P and Swanwick, R. (2002). "Working with deaf pupils: sign bilingual policy into practice.". Fulton Press.
Knight, P. and Swanwick, R. (1999). "The Care and Education of a Deaf Child". Multilingual Matters..
CHAPTERS
Swanwick, R. (2003). "Sign bilingual deaf children's writing strategies: responses to different sources for writing." in: Gallaway, C. and Young, A. (Ed.) Deafness and Education in the UK: Research Perspectives. Whurr Publishers.
Swanwick, R (2003). "Sign bilingual deaf children’s approaches to writing: individual strategies for bridging the gap between BSL and written English." in: Goodman, S., Lillis, T. Maybin (Ed.) Language, literacy and education: A reader. Open University Press.
Extended list of publications.
This page last updated by Ruth Swanwick on 12th March 2009