Contesting Visions at a Japanese School for the Deaf

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

E-ISSN: 1548-1492|46|4|380-396

ISSN: 0161-7761

Source: ANTHROPOLOGY & EDUCATION QUARTERLY, Vol.46, Iss.4, 2015-12, pp. : 380-396

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Abstract

This paper tells the story of the struggle to introduce a Japanese sign language program in a school for the deaf in Japan that until recently had followed the government's approach that emphasizes oral communication. Our method and conceptual framework is ethnographic, as we emphasize the cultural beliefs that underlie the three competing positions on deaf education that are in competition at Sapporo School for the Deaf.