夏令营与重听生的社会身份认同:一种教育社会学的分析

The 2012International Sign Language Summer Camp and the Social Identities of Hard of Hearing College Students:An Analysis from the Perspective of the Sociology of Education

聋人高等教育体制既缺乏明确的课程体系,也缺乏清晰的文化符号,因此重听大学生的社会身份始终存在模糊和边缘化的特点;这一特点也导致其学业和生活中的诸多困境。国际手语夏令营作为一种教育仪式,主要通过三种手段推动重听大学生对聋人身份的认同,即:使用聋人群体内的文化符号(手语)、提升重要他人(聋人精英领袖)的影响力、强化共同的情感状态(作为聋人的自豪感)。当然,夏令营这一仪式由于持续时间较短,影响力难以保持,因此,如何更好地发挥其作用,尚需在教育实践中进一步探索和明晰。

Nowadays the lack of clear curricular system and distinct cultural symbol in higher education system for the deaf has led to the vague and marginalized social identities of hard of hearing(HH)college students,which results in handicap to their study and life.The International Sign Language Summer Camp as an educational ritual promotes the formation of HH college students' social identities mainly by three means,i.e.the adoption of shared cultural symbol(finger language),the exertion of influence of key figures(deaf elite leaders)and the intensification of common sentiment(sense of pride as a deaf person).However,due to the short time length of the Camp,it is difficult to maintain the impact.Therefore,more exploration and clarification will be needed in the related research to make such camp to exert its full function.