Sign language, sustainable development, and equal opportunities : envisioning the future for deaf students / Goedele A. M. De Clerck, Peter V. Paul, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

De Clerck, Goedele, editor.

Paul, Peter V., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deaf people--Education.

Deaf people.

Sign language.

Deafness--Social aspects.

Deafness.

Equality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : Gallaudet University Press, 2016.

Summary:

"Increased interaction between sign language communities and the mainstream societies in which they function is creating the potential for greater equality of opportunity for people who are deaf and hard of hearing. In this volume, renowned scholars and policy makers from around the world present innovative and groundbreaking perspectives on the relationships among sign language, sustainable development, and equal opportunities. The contributors to this volume offer creative and open-minded explorations of the construct of sustainability that are informed by their work with deaf individuals, deaf communities, families of deaf children, and other stakeholders. Sign Language, Sustainable Development, and Equal Opportunities describes sustainability in relation to: · identity, resilience, and well-being ·partic­ipatory citizenship ·historical perspectives on sign language use in educational contexts ·sign language learning and teaching ·human rights and inclusive education ·literate thought and literacy ·the sign language factor and the development of sign language communities in sub-Saharan Africa ·sign language legislation These changing communities' understanding of what is required to become sustainable--in areas such as full participation and citizenship in society, economic well-being, access to quality education, and cultural and linguistic identity--is also taking new forms. This work contributes to the paradigm shifts regarding deaf emancipation and deaf education taking place around the world"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Deaf Education Series

Title page

Copyright page

Contents

Foreword

Chapter 1: Introduction: Sign Language, Sustainable Development, and Equal Opportunities

Chapter 2: A Dialogue on the Multiple Facets of Sustainability

Chapter 3: Deaf Children and Their Families: Sustainability, Sign Language, and Equality

Chapter 4: Debating Futures in Flemish Deaf Parliament: Deaf Epistemologies, Participatory Citizinship, and Sustainable Development

Chapter 5: Quality Education and Sustainable Learing Trajectories for Deaf Learners

Chapter 6: Enabling Pedagogy and Andragogy for 21st-Century Sign Language Users and Learners

Chapter 7: Inclusive Education

A Sustainable Approach

Chapter 8: Literacy, Literature Though, and Deafness

Chapter 9: Perspectives on the Sign Language Factor in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges of Sustainability

Chapter 10: Sign Language Legislation as a Tool for Sustainability

Chapter 11: What's It Like to Be Deaf? Reflections on Signed Language, Sustainable Development, and Equal Opportunities

Chapter 12: A Sustainability Perspecive on the Potentialities of Being Deaf: Toward Further Reflexivity in Deaf Studies and Deaf Education

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781563686795

1563686791

OCLC:

962756921