Teacher Training: educational practice and communication

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Faculty of Teacher Training

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This Masters is designed for the training of professionals who wish to work in the teaching of, or in the provision of socio-cultural support to, the deaf as either teachers, interpreters or guide-interpreters. It also seeks to train deaf people as teachers of sign language, in order that deaf and deaf-blind people can fulfil their potential and help these communities become fully integrated in the welfare state and, thus, benefit the whole of society.

In line with UB directives, a Masters committee will be specially set up. The committee will comprise a program coordinator, a representative from the Faculty's Academic Commission, a full-tenured professor, and once the course has been running for a year, a student representative.
The number of places available on the program is limited to 35.
Should we receive more applications than places available, priority will first be given to those candidates with a knowledge of Catalan Sign Language that have experience working with groups associated with the national or international deaf community.
We shall then consider applicants from students and alumni from the faculty in possession of the degree and, finally, from all other UB students and alumni.

The program is specifically designed for graduates and holders of similar qualifications. Applicants are encouraged from students who have experience of working or volunteering in groups associated with the deaf community.

Applicants should have no motor disabilities that impede effective signing.

1.Common Skills
- The ability to conduct analyses and syntheses
- The ability to organize and plan
- Communicative competence in Catalan Sign Language (LSC) and Catalan
- Communicative competence in Spanish Sign Language (LSE) and Spanish (Castilian)
- Ability to retrieve and analyse information from several sources
- Decision-taking and problem-solving skills
- Critical and self-critical ability
- Ability to work in multidisciplinary teams
- Ability to share information and to communicate with experts in other fields
- Ability to work in an international setting
- Respect for and recognition of diversity and multiculturalism
- A commitment to ethical practice
- Ability to apply theoretical knowledge to practical situations
- Aptitude for research
- Commitment to continuous education and learning
- Ability to adapt to new situations
- Ability to generate new ideas (creativity)
- Ability to work autonomously
- Initiative and enterprising spirit
- Commitment to quality
- Commitment to success
- Ability to plan and manage

2.Specific skills: Teacher of Sign Language
- Linguistic mastery
- Teaching ability
- Ability to organize and program a course

3.Specific skills: Interpretation of Sign Languages
- Interpreting skills in the languages of the program
- Extralinguistic skills
- Transfer skills
- Professional skills
- Psychophysiological skills
- Strategic skills