Social constructions of deafness : examining deaf languacultures in education
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Published
Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press, 2012.
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LSDHH - Adult Non-Fiction
H.I. Coll. 371.912 H8116s
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Published
Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press, 2012.
Format
Book
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xii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-281) and index.
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"Thomas P. Horejes's new book focuses on revealing critical knowledge that addresses certain social justice issues, including deafness, language, culture, and deaf education. He conveys this information through discourses about his own experiences being deaf and through his research in which he "stresses the contingency of the social" in educational institutions. In Social Constructions of Deafness: Examining Deaf Languacultures in Education, Horejes contends that schools as social institutions play powerful and exacting roles in the creation and maintenance of social constructions such as language and culture for deaf children. He subscribes to Michael Agar's concept of "lauguaculture," defined as the inextricable relationship between language and culture in which a specific language will shape and influence culture. His approach employs other anthropological terminology as he connects his personal experience as a deaf student (emic) to academic research on deafness (etic) to bring understanding to the multidimensional aspects of his own negotiated identities. Horejes extends his inquiry through his analysis of two kindergarten classes for deaf students, one orally oriented and the other conducted using sing language. His findings are sobering evidence of the myriad challenges educators face in defining appropriate academic, linguistic, and cultural pedagogy for deaf children in schools and other social institutions."--books.google.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Horejes, T. P. (2012). Social constructions of deafness: examining deaf languacultures in education . Gallaudet University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Horejes, Thomas P. 2012. Social Constructions of Deafness: Examining Deaf Languacultures in Education. Gallaudet University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Horejes, Thomas P. Social Constructions of Deafness: Examining Deaf Languacultures in Education Gallaudet University Press, 2012.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Horejes, Thomas P. Social Constructions of Deafness: Examining Deaf Languacultures in Education Gallaudet University Press, 2012.
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