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Nov 11, 2024
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2024-2025 College Catalog
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ASL 200 - Introduction to the Deaf Community 3 Credits, 3 Contact Hours 3 lecture periods 0 lab periods Macroscopic view of culture and microscopic view of the Deaf life experience through culture and language. Includes cross-cultural interactions between deaf and hearing people. Also includes the history of the Deaf community, Deaf education, Deaf technologies, Deaf employment, historical trends and Deaf services.
Gen-Ed: Meets AGEC - Options and C
Course Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate awareness and knowledge of diversity within the Deaf community
- Demonstrate understanding of the place of the Deaf community in the matrix of a diverse American society
- Discuss and demonstrate understanding of the role of language in the development of Deaf identity and Deaf education settings
- Describe the historical process by which Deaf education and communication methods have evolved in the United States
- Discuss vocational changes and challenges for the Deaf in America in 1900 to the present
- Demonstrate increased awareness and knowledge of organizations of the Deaf and services for the Deaf
- Cite key parts of relevant laws and their impact on Deaf people in the United States
- Describe the impact of society’s perspective on the social, academic/educational, linguistic, and vocational
- Examine current technology used by Deaf people
Outline:
- Deafness
- Medical perspectives
- Psychological perspectives
- Family impact
- Educational perspectives
- Social perspectives
- Linguistic perspectives
- Legislative perspectives
- Deaf Communities
- First School in France
- European communities/schools
- American communities/schools
- Martha’s Vineyard
- Education
- Residential schools
- Day schools
- Self-contained classes
- Mainstreamed classes
- Charter schools
- Technical support services
- Colleges/universities
- Organizations of the Deaf
- Local
- Statewide
- Nationwide
- Worldwide
- Communication Modes
- American Sign Language (ASL)
- Home signs
- Contact language – Pidgin Sign English (PSE)
- Manually coded English systems
- Oralism
- Language acquisition
- Technological Changes Affecting the Deaf Community
- Cultural Values and Norms of the Deaf Community
Effective Term: Fall 2016
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