A Comprehensive Study of University Teachers' Attitudes Toward Improving the Educational Environment for Students with Low Vision

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K14296
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 09060:Special needs education-related
• Research Institution: Aichi University of Education
• Principal Investigator: Daisuke Aiba 愛知教育大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (50735751)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: ICT / 障害学生支援 / 弱視 / ロービジョン / 障害開示 / 援助要請

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, items of ICT environment needed by low vision students were developed [Study 1], and the attitude structure of higher education faculty toward them was elucidated. Then, the influence of individual factors on the explicit attitude of university faculty when cooperating in the development of ICT environments was examined, taking into account the relationship with the implicit attitude of university faculty. As a result, the following characteristics of university teachers who are cooperative in developing the ICT environment sought by low vision students were identified. That is, those who had a support system in place at their university, those who had participated in FD training, and those who had provided reasonable accommodations in class, teaching material, and exam situations. Overall, it was found that those whose explicit attitudes were positive were more cooperative, regardless of their implicit attitudes.

Free Research Field

特別支援教育　障害者心理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の学術的意義は、これまで明らかにされてこなかった障害学生支援に対する教員の態度を、顕在態度と潜在態度の両側面から検討したことである。社会心理学分野の研究では、２つの態度は一致しない傾向にあった。本研究では、実際の支援場面を設定したため、２つの態度が一致していた。その理由が何かを今後検討することにより、これまでの態度研究を多角的に検証することができる。この点が学術的意義である。
本研究の社会的意義は、弱視学生が求めるICT環境が何かを明らかにし、それを整備することに対し、協力的な教員を増やすための手がかりを明らかにできた点である。