An examination of the educational instruction of the deaf from its Benedictine beginnings to the present at Gallaudet University.
First Foreword Second Foreword Preface Jewish and Christian Beliefs Benedictine Roots and Pedro Ponce de León Juan Pablo Bonet and Simplification of the Alphabet, and the Art of Teaching Deaf Mutes Charles Michael de l'Epée and The French National Institute for the Deaf Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and The American School for the Deaf Edward Miner Gallaudet and Gallaudet University Present Pedagogy and Consonance with Benedictine Roots Bibliography Index
MARILYN DANIELS is Associate Professor of Speech Communication at The Pennsylvania State University. She is the author of The Dance in Christianity: A History of Religious Dance Through the Ages (1981) and numerous articles in communication education journals.
"As a Benedictine steeped in the monastic tradition of which the
sixteenth century Spanish monk Pedro Ponce de Leon, first teacher
of the deaf, was imbued, I "heard" many resonances between the care
of the deaf through the centuries and the monastic care of persons
in the Rule of Benedict, in Marilyn Daniels' book."-Sister Mary
Forman, OSB President, American Benedictine Academy
"I was fascinated by the scholarly care the author took to prepare
the reader to understand the links she has made from the past to
the present....All of us interested in sign language will find this
book to be 'must' reading."-Robert M. Wilson Professor Emeritus,
Dept. of Education University of Maryland
"Marilyn Daniels has written a very readable history of deaf
education. She has also traced an intriguing connection to the
Benedictine order. Because Jewish and Christian religions are based
upon God speaking, the reality of the deaf person constituted a
special challenge. The Benedictine rule of life, with its times of
contemplative silence and communication through gesture, led to a
recognition that language could be signed as well as spoken.
Daniels follows this theme through the great work of Thomas and
Edward Gallaudet and the university which bears their
name."-Gabriel Moran Professor, Department of Culture and
Communication New York University
"Marilyn Daniels' insight and fresh perspective, combined with a
scholarly bent for research and her evident mastery of presenting
historical information in a very readable style have resulted in an
entertaining, valuable, and instructive chronicle of this unique
profession. This book is one of the most important treatments of
deaf education and its history to be published in my thirty-three
years as an educator of the deaf."-W. Winfield McChord, Jr.
Executive Director, The American School for the Deaf
?This book is very interesting, informative, organized, and well
thought out. There are so many facts and people to remember that
you can get lost in history!....If you are Deaf or work in the
field of deafness, this historical book would be an excellent
addition to your personal/professional library. It has not only
expanded my knowledge of the history of deaf education, it has
helped me to appreciate its origins.?-Disability Studies
Quarterly
"This book is very interesting, informative, organized, and well
thought out. There are so many facts and people to remember that
you can get lost in history!....If you are Deaf or work in the
field of deafness, this historical book would be an excellent
addition to your personal/professional library. It has not only
expanded my knowledge of the history of deaf education, it has
helped me to appreciate its origins."-Disability Studies Quarterly
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