Never the Twain Shall Meet: Bell, Gallaudet, and the Communications DebateThroughout the last two centuries, a controversial question has plagued the field of education of the deaf: should sign language be used to communicate with and instruct deaf children? Never the Twain Shall Meet focuses on the debate over this question, especially as it was waged in the nineteenth century, when it was at its highest pitch and the battle lines were clearly drawn. In addition to exploring Alexander Graham Bell's and Edward Miner Gallaudet's familial and educational backgrounds, Never the Twain Shall Meet looks at how their views of society affected their philosophies of education and how their work continues to influence the education of deaf students today. |
Contents
THE EDUCATION OF AN ORALIST II | 11 |
A LIFELONG SIGNER | 25 |
THE GROWING RIVALRY | 40 |
FAMILY TIES | 67 |
PERSONAL PHILOSOPHIES | 81 |
LEGACIES | 103 |
NOTES | 115 |
Other editions - View all
Never the Twain Shall Meet: Bell, Gallaudet, and the Communications Debate Richard Winefield No preview available - 1987 |
Common terms and phrases
A. G. Bell AAPTSD accepted advocate Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Melville Bell American Annals American Asylum Beinn Bhreagh believed Bell and Gallaudet Bell Papers Bell's Boston combined method communications debate day schools deaf adults Deaf and Dumb deaf child deaf community deaf person deaf students deaf teachers Deaf-Mute desire Despite E. M. Gallaudet education of deaf Edward Miner Gallaudet efforts Eliza Bell fact father feelings felt friends Gallaudet Papers Gallaudet University Gardiner Greene Hubbard Hartford hearing world Ibid immigration important individual instruction integration interests Kendall letter M. H. Bell Mabel Bell Mabel Hubbard Bell manual manual communication marriage Melville Bell mother needs normal school oral education oral method oral programs oral skills oralists parents philosophy pupils residential schools schools for deaf sign language social society Sophia Gallaudet speak speechreading success teaching deaf children Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet thought undesirable United Visible Speech Washington