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Hale, Kimberly J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
American Sign Language (ASL)-English interpreting education, which began as a community apprenticeship and vetting process, has within the last several decades moved into higher education. Most recently, the number of baccalaureate-granting ASL-English interpreting programs have continued to increase while the number of associate's degree…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Administrator Attitudes, College Faculty, English
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de Freitas Guilhermino Trindade, Daniela; Guimaraes, Cayley; Antunes, Diego Roberto; Garcia, Laura Sanchez; Lopes da Silva, Rafaella Aline; Fernandes, Sueli – Behaviour & Information Technology, 2012
This study analysed the role of knowledge management (KM) tools used to cultivate a community of practice (CP) in its knowledge creation (KC), transfer, learning processes. The goal of such observations was to determine requirements that KM tools should address for the specific CP formed by Deaf and non-Deaf members of the CP. The CP studied is a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice, Knowledge Management, Sign Language
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Rudser, Steven Fritsch; Strong, Michael – Sign Language Studies, 1986
A study of 30 sign language interpreters (N=30) attempted to isolate cognitive, perceptual, psychomotor, and affective factors predictive of effective interpretive skills. Analysis revealed that family background (hearing or deaf family members) significantly affected certain personality traits and interpretive skills. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Cognitive Ability, Deaf Interpreting, Deafness