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C R E AT I N G D E A F H E A R T S : U S I N G P O P U L A R E D U C AT I O N W I T H I N T E R P R E T I N G S T U D E N T S M A R L E N E E L L I O T T, C I / C T A N D W YA T T E C . H A L L , P H . D . U N I V E R S I T Y O F M A S S A C H U S E T T S M E D I C A L S C H O O L

W O R K S H O P PA R T I C I PA N T S W I L L B E A B L E T O : 1. E X P E R I E N C E P O P U L A R E D U C AT I O N 2. C O N C E P T U A L I Z E I T S A P P L I C AT I O N I N I N T E R P R E T E R E D U C AT I O N A N D I T S A B I L I T Y T O D E V E L O P D E A F H E A R T S 3. U N D E R S TA N D T H E I M P O R TA N C E O F I N T E R P R E T E R S B E C O M I N G , A N D B E I N G , D E A F C O M M U N I T Y M E M B E R S 4. C O N V E R T E X I S T I N G C U R R I C U L U M T O P O P U L A R E D U C AT I O N - S T Y L E L E S S O N P L A N S 5. I D E N T I F Y R E S O U R C E S F O R S U P P O R T I N E X I S T I N G C U R R I C U L U M

A F E W P R I N C I P L E S O F P O P U L A R E D U C AT I O N • We learn with our heads, our hearts, and our bodies. • We create an atmosphere of trust so everyone can share their ideas and experiences. • We all know a lot. • Life experience is as important as formal education. • We are all students, we are all teachers.

G R O U P A G R E E M E N T • Ask for what you need. • Equal communication — for us, ASL. • Confidentiality — share information, not names. • Respect everyone’s unique styles. • What a person feels and thinks is true for them, we accept that.

Dinámicas • Get to know each other • Laugh • Move our bodies • Raise the energy in the room • Help our brains learn better • Examine hard questions • Work together cooperatively

Continuum Rosa Lee Sean Forbes

Continuum Gallaudet RIT

Continuum Culture is learned Culture is learned in the classroom in the real world

Continuum My students learn My students Deaf culture well don’t get “it”

Continuum My students greatly benefit My students do not get what from attending Deaf events I want them to from Deaf events

Continuum I am confident my I worry my students will students will do a great job “hurt” Deaf people

Continuum Deaf people are happy Deaf people are upset with interpreters in general with interpreters in general

Continuum Deaf people should be the Hearing people should be the interpreting gatekeepers interpreting gatekeepers

Continuum Deaf community is an Deaf community is not an integral part of our ITP integral part of our ITP

Continuum ITPs are important for ITPs are part of the improving Deaf lives problem right now

Bypass M O L LY W I L S O N

W H O A R E T H E E X P E R T S ? • In the University? • In interpreting? • In the Deaf community? • In Deaf lives?

Interpreters are never the expert while being a guest in a Deaf life, that role belongs to the Deaf person –– the Deaf expert.

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G R O U P B R A I N S T O R M I N G What cultural behaviors/ attitudes are difficult to teach?

T H E P R O M I S E O F P O P U L A R E D U C AT I O N • Trust • Sharing Knowledge and Roles • Respect • Cultural Humility • Valuing Deaf as Experts • Working for the Good of the Community • Reciprocity • Continuous Learning • Learning through Dialogue

Sociodrama

T H E T A K E - H O M E M E S S A G E • Interpreter education lost something vital by leaving the Deaf community and going into the Academic environment • It is too late to go back, so how do we go forward? • Popular Education can bring Deaf attitude and cultural competence into the classroom

F I N A L E VA L U AT I O N If we had the chance to do this over again, here’s what we would Keep Change • • • • • • • •

“Washing one’s hands of the conflict between the Powerful and the Powerless means to side with the Powerful, not to be neutral.” — PA O L O F R E I R E ( 1 9 7 0 ) Contact us: � wyatte.hall@umassmed.edu marlene.elliott@umassmed.edu