Benedictine Roots in the Development of Deaf Education: Listening with the Heart

by Marilyn Daniels

Overview

Examining the educational instruction of the deaf individual from its Benedictine beginnings to its present condition at Gallaudet University, this book traces the historical pedagogical affinity among Pedro Ponce de Léon, Juan Pablo Bonet, Charles Michael de l'Epée, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Edward Miner Gallaudet. The author provides the historical and philosophical basis for Jewish and Christian beliefs concerning the condition of deafness and then introduces Ponce de Léon, credited as being the first teacher of the deaf. The essence of this Spanish Benedictine monk's methods and manner of teaching have been continued by those who succeeded him. The author traces this development from Spain through France and then to the United States.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780897895002
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/28/1997
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

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 jourbanals.

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

Daniels (speech communication, Pennsylvania State U.) traces the educational instruction of deaf people from its Benedictine beginnings to its present state at Gallaudet University, focusing on the historical pedagogical affinity of five educators. She begins with the Jewish and Christian beliefs, narrates deaf education through Spanish and French developments, and describes the founding and history of the American institution that is still the only liberal arts university for the deaf in the world. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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