Eye movement of expert deaf teachers and young hearing teachers using eye-tracking at deaf school.

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K12798
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Educational technology
• Research Institution: Doshisha University
• Principal Investigator: NAKASE Koichi 同志社大学, 免許資格課程センター, 准教授 (20369309)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): WAKINAKA Kiyoko 筑波技術大学, 障害者高等教育研究支援センター, 准教授 (30757547)
• Research Collaborator: NAKASHIMA Takeshi 大阪府立中央聴覚支援学校, 教諭
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: アイトラッキング / 聾学校

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study analyzed eye movement of 2 expert deaf teachers and 5 young teachers at deaf school.
The difference for gaze duration was not significant. Eye movement speed showed significant difference that expert deaf teachers showed faster eye movement than young hearing teachers.
The results suggested that visualizing and quantifying eye movement using eye-tracking is an effective strategy to increase specialist skills for deaf school teacher.

Free Research Field

特別支援教育