PIDP 3260, Professional Identity



Onto the next course! I started this blog with the course PIDP 3100 Foundations of Adult Education. Now, I am on my second course PIDP 3260 Continuing Professional Development.

I'm profoundly Deaf since birth and fluent in American Sign Language (ASL). 

I am currently working as ASL consultant for a TV show being produced here in Vancouver. It's been a great experience being in a such new environment. To teach the film crew ASL, I posted video clips on Instagram specifically for them: ASL for film.

I took the Teaching Perspectives Inventory and my results show that my style is Apprenticeship and Nurturing. I agree with the results because as I teach ASL, I incorporate a lot of mentorship, patience and moral support! 


Some of my Personal and Professional Values:

- Being Deaf is a cultural identity, not a disability. Deaf people have their own language, culture and community.

- ASL should be taught only by Deaf people.

- ASL Students must also learn Deaf culture and history. 


A couple of my own truths in teaching ASL are:

- Not everybody can become fluent in ASL, some people have the ability to and some just don't.

- ASL is always evolving over time, one never truly stops learning ASL, myself included


 © Roger Desmarais, 2022 

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