DC-S Textbook
By the end of 2012, our new DC-S textbook, The Practice Profession of Interpreting: An Introduction to Demand Control Schema should be ready for distribution! (It has been completely written and is in the final design and production stages now.) If you would like to be alerted to when the textbook is available, please “like” our Facebook page. (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Demand-Control-Schema-The-Practice-Profession-of-Interpreting/207949252570669). We will provide Facebook users with details about the textbook's availability. Questions about the textbook should be directed to Robyn Dean. Plan now for using the text in Spring semester, 2013 classes!
Here is the outline of the forthcoming textbook:
Chapter One
1. Definition of job demands
2. Interpreting demand categories
a. Environmental
b. Interpersonal
c. Paralinguistic
d. Intrapersonal
3. Definition of environmental demands and subcategories
a. Goal of the environment
b. Terminology
c. Personnel and clientele
d. Physical surroundings
4. Definition of interpersonal demands
5. Definition of paralinguistic demands
6. Definition of intrapersonal demands
Chapter Two
1. Definition of worker controls
2. Interpreting controls
a. The controls of five interpreters
b. Broadening the definition of controls for interpreting
3. Employing controls
a. Pre-assignment
b. Assignment
c. Post-assignment
4. Pre-assignment controls: definition and examples
5. Assignment controls: definition and examples
6. Post-assignment controls: definition and examples
7. Separating demands from controls
Chapter Three
1. Identifying and articulating demands and controls
2. The eight scales of the DC-S Rubric for demands
a. Accuracy of demands
b. Distinctness of demands
c. Number of demands
d. Breadth of demands
e. Categorizing demands
f. Goal of the environment
g. Sophistication in interpersonal and paralinguistic demands
h. Intrapersonal demands
3. The three scales of the DC-S Rubric for controls
a. Specificity of control options
b. Variety in control opportunities
c. Breadth of control options
4. Descriptions and rationales for DC-S Rubric Scales 1 – 11
Chapter Four
1. DC-S as a taxonomy
2. DC-S as an extension of demand control theory by Robert Karasek
3. Environmental demands as the where, who, and why of assignments.
4. Why = the goal of the environment and its importance in interpreting
5. Interpersonal demands as the what
a. Thought worlds
b. What happens?
c. What is said/signed?
6. Paralinguistic demands as the how
a. Distinguishing paralinguistic from environmental and interpersonal demands
b. Paralinguistic “aspects” of environmental and interpersonal demands
7. Intrapersonal demands
a. Distinguishing intrapersonal demands from controls
b. Controls can create intrapersonal demands
8. Helpfulness and limitations of the EIPI categorization
Chapter Five
1. Demand and control interactions
a. Karasek’s demand control theory
b. Occupational health and wellness
c. Work effectiveness
2. Effectiveness in interpreting
3. Interpreting as a practice profession, not a technical profession
4. Choosing from among many “rights”
5. The liberal to conservative spectrum of ethical and effective decisions
Chapter Six
1. Teleology and deontology in ethics
2. Values in teleology and deontology
3. Values in the interpreting profession
4. Role of the interpreter
a. Conduit
b. Invisibility
5. Role and responsibility
Chapter Seven
1. Constellation of demands
a. Main demands
b. Concurrent demands
2. Same concept of an “it depends…” conversation in interpreting discussions
3. Demand constellation examples: same main demand, varying concurrent demands
4. Further demand constellation examples (science class scenario)
5. Reflective learning practices (introduction)
Chapter Eight
1. Positive and negative consequences of interpreting decisions
2. Typical mistakes made when articulating consequences
3. Examples of positive and negative consequences of control decisions in the science class scenario
4. Resolution, resulting demands, and responsibility
Chapter Nine
1. Dialogic work analysis or DCCRD
2. Example of a DCCRD sequence
3. Dialogic work analysis in practice
4. Professional development/reflective practices in practice professions
5. DC-S constructs structuring reflective practices
Chapter Ten
1. Reflective practices in interpreting
2. Challenges of using reflective practice in interpreting
3. Supervision and the technique of case conferencing in interpreting
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