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Rachel O'Neill

Lecturer in Deaf Education, SSC

Education, Teaching and Leadership (ETL)

Email: rachel.oneill@ed.ac.uk

Tel: +44 (0)131 651 6429

Location:

Charteris Land

Background

I have worked as a teacher in secondary, further and community education for 25 years before moving to the University of Edinburgh in 2006. I trained as a teacher of deaf children and an EAL tutor and used both approaches in my work in colleges with deaf students. At Edinburgh my main focus is researching deaf education and training teachers of deaf children. I work for the Scottish Sensory Centre for half a day a week. This involves working with a wide range of teachers, professionals, parents and d/Deaf people on policy issues about deaf education.

About SSC

Principal interests

deaf young people's transitions to college, work and higher education
language modification as an access strategy
Language policy and British Sign Language in education
BSL glossaries and definitions for curriculum subjects
literacy and deaf learners

Current and recent research

Deaf Achievement Scotland: Nuffield Foundation funded project 2010-12 with Honorary Professor Marc Marschark: http://www.deafachieve.org.uk/site/

PhD research: How are texts modified for deaf learners and what views do mainstreamed deaf learners and their teachers have about these texts? Supervisor Prof. Sheila Riddell and Prof. Gary Morgan (UCL).

Assessing the feasibility of using digitised British Sign Language examination papers for deaf
candidates in Scotland, Cameron, A., Quinn, G. & O'Neill, R.

Publications

Publications list for Rachel O'Neill

Teaching

Postgraduate Diploma and M.Ed in Additional Support for Learning (Deaf Education)
Undergraduate: Ed3 Equity Inclusion and Diversity
Ed 4, Professional research in education