A Look at Teaching Standards in ASL Teacher Preparation Programs

Autor/in	Jacobowitz, E. Lynn
Titel	A Look at Teaching Standards in ASL Teacher Preparation Programs
Quelle	In: Sign Language Studies, 8 (2007) 1, S.4-41 (38 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0302-1475
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Deafness; National Standards; Teacher Certification; Language Teachers; Language Skills; Teacher Educators; American Sign Language; Teacher Education Programs; Second Languages + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Gehörlosigkeit; Taubstummheit; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Teacher education; Education; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Second language; Zweitsprache
Abstract	This article addresses whether there are enough ASL teacher preparation programs in the country and how prepared are their graduates. It examines six organizations that provide teaching standards: the Education Section of the National Association of the Deaf, the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, the American Sign Language Teachers Association of the National Association of the Deaf, the Association of Teacher Educators, the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, and the Virginia Department of Education. Their standards focus on five different areas: (1) ASL teachers for K-12, (2) teachers of world languages other than English for K-12, (3) teachers of world languages other than English in institutions of higher education, (4) ASL teacher educators in institutions of higher education, and (5) teacher preparation programs. Taken together, the programs provide several insights into the nature of the national standards for teacher training. Next, the article looks at how ASL teacher preparation programs (ASLTPPs) administrations support and/or reflect the national standards. The article compares the national standards that directly pertains to administration with the actual administration of the ASLTPPs. Then it examines the way in which the administrations of these ASLTPPs directly support the four emphases (language skills, teaching, knowledge/scholarship, and service and other professional initiatives.) (Contains 21 tables.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Gallaudet University Press. 800 Florida Avenue NE, Denison House, Washington, DC 20002-3695. Tel: 202-651-5488; Fax: 202-651-5489; Web site: http://gupress.gallaudet.edu/SLS.html
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10