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 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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

• 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

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 :

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.

• 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.

G R O U P A G R E E M E N T

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 in the classroom Culture is learned in the real world

Continuum

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

Continuum

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

Continuum

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

Continuum

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

Continuum

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

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

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

M O L LY W I L S O N

Bypass

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
• Respect
• Valuing Deaf as Experts
• Reciprocity
• Learning through Dialogue
• Sharing Knowledge and Roles
• Cultural Humility
• Working for the Good of the

Community

• Continuous Learning

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

— PA O L O F R E I R E ( 1 9 7 0 )

“Washing one’s hands of the conflict between the Powerful and the Powerless means to side with the Powerful, not to be neutral.”

Contact us:

• wyatte.hall@umassmed.edu

marlene.elliott@umassmed.edu