2003 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Orientation & Mobility training and Materials for Young Blind and Visually Impaired Children
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13559006
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 展開研究 |
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| Research Field |
広領域
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| Research Institution | Osaka Kyoiku University |
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Principal Investigator |
YAMAMOTO Toshikazu Osaka Kyoiku University, Faculty of Education, Professor, 教育学部, 教授 (20200826)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
OKAMOTO Kohei Nagoya University, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Professor, 環境学研究科, 教授 (90201988)
MURAKOSHI Makoto Shizuoka University, Faculty of Education, Associate Professor, 教育学部, 助教授 (30210032)
TAKEUCHI Yoshiaki Aichi University of Education, Faculty of Education, Associate Professor, 教育学部, 助教授 (40216867)
TERAMOTO Kiyoshi Aichi University of Education, Faculty of Education, Associate Professor, 教育学部, 助教授 (40167523)
WAKABAYASHI Yoshiki Tokyo Metropolitan University, Graduate School of Science, Associate Professor, 理学研究科, 助教授 (70191723)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2001 – 2003
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| Keywords | blind and visually impaired children / O&M trainings / maps / individual differences of spatial abilities |
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| Research Abstract |
Hearing, touching and moving are of primary importance for blind and visually impaired children who experience the world without sight or with partial vision. Movement and mobility will especially expand the blind children's world. Although the value of teaching mobility skills to young blind and visually impaired children has recently been recognized by teachers in blind schools and Orientation & Mobility specialists, empirical evidence or academic research in support of their services is lacking, especially in Japan. For making the good approach to Orientation and Mobility training for blind and visually impaired children, in this study three topics were reviewed. There are (1)maps for blind and visually impaired children, (2)individual differences of spatial abilities in blind and visually impaired person, (3)Orientation and Mobility training for blind and visually impaired children. And a longitudinal study was conducted an early-blind-child who have used tactile maps and long canes to investigate the effect of mobility training for young blind children using materials for understanding space.
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