TEDxPSU - Dr. Joseph Valente - Hearing the Unheard

Dr. Joseph Valente is involved in comprehensive research in childhood studies, comparative and international education, educational anthropology, deaf studies and disability studies. He is the author of the autobiographical novel and autoethnography, "d/Deaf and d/Dumb: A Portrait of a Deaf Kid as a Young Superhero," published by Peter Lang. Currently, Joe is the co-principal investigator of the video ethnography project "Kindergartens for the Deaf in Three Countries: Japan, France and the United States," funded by the Spencer Foundation.

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[DeafPoet2]

Hi Dr. Valente...I was MORE than thrilled to see this video, you said it beautifully for us, the Deaf community...I was like wow...wow! Your video should be distributed to every colleges/universities that has programs for teachers who majors in Deaf Educations/Special Needs. I've seen some students being put into special needs classrooms when they shouldn't be in it. Truthfully, many parents leave the problems to schools to teach, parents are also responsible to teach, too. Awesome job!

[ericas46]

I loved this! It needs to be shown to hearing parents of Deaf children!

[Marina Shleymovich]

i cant see interpreter and why dark ..

[Anchal Jee]

Hello Joseph Valente, I loved your presentation and really appreciate your activist work that you are doing for the Deaf community. I read that some other people have also commented that the Sign Language interpreter was not captured by the camera. I agree that this video should have covered the sign language interpreter.

[branic]

Champ presentation!

[MrASLTeach]

Pah! Amazing!