De-Sign Bilingual - Developing and Documenting Sign Bilingual Best Practice in Schools
Profoundly hearing impaired children in many European countries are still mainly taught monolingually in a spoken language - in special needs schools as well as in inclusive education. Bilingual education with one spoken / written language as well as the national sign language is still an exception. The strategic partnership "De-Sign Bilingual" complements existing national and regional efforts for bilingual instruction with sign language by enabling transnational exchange and makes a major contribution to professionalisation of teachers.
The Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership
- develops and implements bilingual units and teaching materials
- allows trans-regional and international cooperation of key figures in the area of sign bilingual education
- gives national and international access to local knowledge and competencies
- documents bilingual best practice models in European sign language education in order to enable transnational knowledge sharing
Partner: 4 Universities and 5 Schools
- Universität Wien (Austria)
- Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave (Slovakia)
- Interkantonale für Heilpädagogik Zürich (Switzerland)
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Germany)
- Ernst-Adolf-Eschke-Schule, Berlin (Germany)
- Elbschule, Hamburg (Germany)
- SekDrei, Zürich (Switzerland)
- Brigittenauer Gymnasium, Wien (Austria)
- Volksschule 1, Klagenfurt (Austria)
Results
- Map pf bilingual education in Europe für die bilinguale Bildung in Europa: Link
- Material and tools for bilingual education: Link (in German)
- Summary of main findings: PDF-file
- Calls to action on policy makers: PDF-file
For more information, please visit: www.univie.ac.at/designbilingual
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