The Singularities of Deaf Teenager's Visual Expression

Investigation object-visual expression of deaf teenagers. The object - of investigation is to state the singularity of deaf teenager’s visual expression. The work reviews the deaf people visual expression singularity and evolution, represented in pedagogical and methodological literature, visual expressing learning process of deaf teenagers. There was examined the visual expression differences and similarities between deaf and hearing teenagers in this job. The work also explains hearing and deaf teenager’s attitude towards visual expression, the similarities and differences. Investigation methods: Theoretical: the studies of pedagogical, psychological and other literature, which represents the questions of deaf people visual expression, the analysis of educational system documents, secondary school education programs, methodical literature, internet sources relating this theme. Empirical: the questionnaire for hearing and deaf students helped to determine similarities and differences in their attitude to visual expression. Practical test of visual expression: certain theme paintings in hearing and deaf 5-10 form student groups. Methods of mathematic analysis: percentage of questionnaire and test results. Conclusion: Summarizing the literature sources relating to deaf people visual expression aspect, we can notice that starting from a certain age range deaf person’s perception develops slower than hearing person’s. After the investigation of deaf and hearing people attitude towards visual expression, it become clear, that artistic experience helps deaf people not only to educate and develop artistic abilities, but also it has a social and therapy function. Hearing students also thinks that art has a social and therapy functions, but it is a bigger percentage of deaf people who thinks like that. Deaf students organize personal exhibition more often and attend classes in art school for visual development. Hearing teenagers usually take part in common exhibitions and chooses different clusters. Comparing the singularity of deaf and hearing student visual expression (practical task) we can see, that among teenagers of 5-10 forms deaf people can successfully compete in visual expression field. In many ways the result scale varies 5-10 for deaf of hearing students good.Švietimo akademijaVytauto Didžiojo universiteta