Facundo Element: The D: Detroit Deaf Education

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Facundo Element: The D: Detroit Deaf Education

VIDEO [ASL/CC] - Facundo Element: The D: Detroit Deaf Education Film.



Facundo Element: An organization that actively works to remove oppression and misrepresentation of D-E-A-F people through the means of mass media and non-violent activism.



The project film documentary of a narrative of Deaf students and parents' experience with Detroit Public Schools. Download transcription here: www.facundoelement.com/thed/transcript.p­df

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Exposed Truth Behind the Science In ASL

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Exposed Truth Behind the Science In ASL

Signed Version - Exposed Truth Behind the Science in American Sign Language.



Pam Moers and Elsie Stecker challenge the ongoing myth that Deaf people read at the 4th grade level. Special thanks to Becky Johnson for providing audio support.

References:



4th Grade Level:

http://www.redeafined.com/2012/04/debunking-fourth-grade-reading-level.html

http://www.handsandvoices.org/articles/research/v9-2_marschark.htm



Hearing kids who struggle with 3/4 grade reading:

http://www.aecf.org/%7E/media/Pubs/Topics/Education/Other/EarlyWarningConfirmed/EarlyWarningConfirmed.pdf

http://www.imls.gov/about/campaign_for_grade_level_reading.aspx



Reading to learn:

http://www.colorincolorado.org/webcasts/reading/



Conversation controlling:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2346109



Tribe in Australia:

http://elanguage.net/journals/index.php/bls/article/view/2391/2350

http://prijipati.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/1303



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