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Dancing
with Words: Signing for Hearing Children's Literacy |
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Since
the publication of Dancing with Words: Signing for Hearing
Children's Literacy, it has become the classic text for students,
educators and parents seeking to advance the literacy of children through
the use of sign language. Marilyn Daniels offers a complete explanation
of its use, a short history of sign language and its primary role within
the Deaf community, an identification of the steps to reading success
delineated with suggestions for incorporating sign language, plus the results
of studies and the reaction of students teachers and parents. Choice
highly recommends Dancing with Words and finds that it "not only
constitutes an important addition to the existing literature but also opens
the door for very different discussions about sign language." This book is the
first to detail research that demonstrates using sign language with hearing
children increases their English vocabulary, improves their reading ability,
adds to their spelling proficiency, self-esteem and comfort with expressing emotions.
Most importantly, it indicates that sign language promotes
a comfortable environment which initiates an interest and enthusiasm for learning.
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Benedictine
Roots in the Development of Deaf Education, Listening with the Heart |
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by: Bergin & Garvey, 1997 |
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| Examining
the educational
instruction of the deaf individual from its Benedictine beginning to its
present condition in Gallaudet University, this book traces the
historical pedagogical affinity among Pedro Ponce de Leon, Juan Pablo
Bonet, Charles Michael de l'Epee, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Edward
Miner Gallaudet. The Executive Director of The American School for
the Deaf said, "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." See
what others say... |
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The
Dance in Christianity: A History of Religious Dance through the Ages |
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by: Paulist Press 1981 |
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This book traces the role of dance in Christianity from biblical
times to the end of the 20th century. From earliest times ecstatic bodily
movement has been closely allied to the religious impulse. Dance is a way
of uniting the body and spirit in a spontaneous act of worship.
The biblical base for dancing is articulated in this enlightening volume.
Daniels outlines the significant place dance has held in liturgical celebrations
since its emergence in the early church. Between the time King David danced
around the Ark of the Covenant and 19th century Shakers danced in their pure
and simple way in the United States this art form was an active presence in
Christian liturgy. The Reformation and the Enlightenment inhibited the use
of dance in Christian ceremonies. Gradually liturgical dance was reduced to
formal gestures and postures as found in bowing the head, kneeling, forming
the sign of the cross, genuflecting, and the ministrations of a priest during
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