The Role of the Educational Interpreter: Perceptions of Administrators and Teachers

ISBN-13: 9781944838935 Publisher: Gallaudet University Press Publication date: 11/30/2021 Series: The Interpreter Education Series , #11 Pages: 160 Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d) While educational interpreting has been studied for decades, the research has historically focused on the tasks educational interpreters are engaged in during their work day. In The Role of the Educational Interpreter, Stephen B. Fitzmaurice takes a new approach using role theory to examine how administrators and teachers perceive the role and work of educational (K-12) interpreters.        Through a series of qualitative interviews and quantitative questionnaires with district administrators, school administrators, general education teachers, and teachers of the deaf, Fitzmaurice documents their perceptions of educational interpreters. Findings from the data reveal the perceptions of administrators and teachers set the stage for role ambiguity, role conflicts, and subsequent role overload fo