Interpreter Mediated Deaf Education

The IDE (Interpreter Mediated Deaf Education with Signed and Spoken Languages in Primary Schools) project examines successes and barriers about pupils experiences of inclusion in interpreter mediated primary school classrooms with signed and spoken languages. With the expertise from several research areas of German, Irish and Norwegian universities, schools and the European Union of the Deaf (EUD), we aim to create evidence informed teaching and learning material to support teachers, interpreters, and all pupils (deaf and hearing) in creating more inclusive educational experiences.

Inclusive participatory advisory councils will involve national stakeholders from all societal/cultural groups. We will conduct qualitative focus group interviews with teachers, pupils, and interpreters in primary schools to collect their experiences. Through this cooperation, innovative materials will be developed as Open Educational Resources (OER) ensuring accessibility by universal design and providing all information in Norwegian, German, English and Irish spoken languages, and Norwegian Sign Language, German Sign Language, Irish Sign Language and International Sign. The OER will be applied in teacher and interpreter training, mainstream classrooms, and by school authority.