Sign Language, Sustainable Development, and Equal Opportunities: Envisioning the Future for Deaf Students - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1563686783 ISBN 13 : 9781563686788

Editeur : Gallaudet University Press,U.S., 2016

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Goedele A. M. De Clerck is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow in the Social Research with Deaf People group in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom.

Peter V. Paul is a professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning in the College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Gallaudet University Press,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1563686783
• ISBN 13: 9781563686788
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 232
• Éditeur: De Clerck Goedele A. M., Paul Peter V.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible