Hi everybody,<div><br></div><div>I have similar reactions - it was a very good and productive day and I learned (once again) about how many different ways there are to do research and the multiple perspectives available here. I enjoyed getting feedback about my ebooks study (and in fact, upon returning to the USA, I found out about a new app by ITV with many signed stories in both BSL and ASL - it&#39;s called &quot;Signed Stories&quot; and the first book is free. Check it out!). Jackie, I&#39;m also working on a study with classroom videotape data so feel free to ask questions about that. </div>



<div><br></div><div>However, I do have misgivings about the fact that there was only one Deaf person (me) present at a meeting about the education of Deaf children. I believe that sets a very dangerous precedent, as well as continuing the historical narrative of Deaf people being absent from discussions concerning Deaf people. Organizers of future meetings should--and must--make it a priority to avoid this from happening again. </div>


<div><br></div><div>I realize the population of Deaf people studying for their PhD in the UK is small and that some were invited to this meeting but unable to attend. Off the top of my head, here are some suggestions to help make certain this does not happen again:</div>


<div><ul><li>Include Deaf people in the conference planning committee</li><li>Target Deaf individuals and personally invite them</li><li>Provide travel funds</li><li>Provide on-site babysitting if they have children</li>

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Ability to attend and <i>not</i> give presentations</li><li>Target a wider range of Deaf scholars such as undergraduate, graduate students, and early career professionals</li></ul></div>
<div>I will do my part and disseminate information about future meetings to my peers. </div><div><br></div><div>Jackie, Ruth, and Marc, thank you for doing the hard work of pulling all this together - it was of great benefit to me and to everyone else, too; worth my trip across the Atlantic. And I look forward to this email group becoming more active. </div>


<div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Adam</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Jackie Salter <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:[log in to unmask]" target="_blank"><a href="/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?LOGON=A3%3Dind1210%26L%3DDEAF-ED-NET%26E%3Dquoted-printable%26P%3D12666%26B%3D--14dae93404f954605104ccfa17c8%26T%3Dtext%252Fhtml%3B%2520charset%3DISO-8859-1%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a></a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>


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The inaugural meeting<br>
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NERDS- What are your reflections on the day and how do you feel the day contributed to your research and perspectives?<br>
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It was great to meet with you all last week and I came away with ideas to develop my research, new contacts with whom to discuss the immediate issues and also a sense of cohesion. Even though we have, on the surface, a diverse range of research interests we are all working towards the same goal of improving education outcomes for deaf children- not specifically academic but from a wider perspective. Clearly there is work to do to develop effective research practice and evaluation methods and hopefully now a fledging group from a range of disciplines that can begin to reflect on these shared interests.<br>




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The most immediate benefit  in my current endeavour will be in exploring how best to capture interactions in the classroom between deaf pupils and another individual. I am now aware of another research project that has been tackling this issue-an invaluable source to plunder!<br>




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Do share your thoughts<br>
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Best wishes<br>
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Jackie<br>
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