An Empirical Study on the Present Situation and Enhancement of Independent Activities in Special Support Schools for the Knowledge Disorders.

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K03009
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 09060:Special needs education-related
• Research Institution: Meisei University
• Principal Investigator: Meikan Shigeru 明星大学, 教育学部, 教授 (90755993)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 新井 英靖 茨城大学, 教育学部, 教授 (30332547) ; 渡邉 健治 東京学芸大学, 教育学部, 名誉教授 (70158624)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 特別支援教育 / 自立活動 / 知的障害教育 / 教育課程

Outline of Final Research Achievements

It was found that the key pillars of the curriculum at special needs schools for the intellectually disabled are: (1) how to provide guidance during independent activities time; (2) providing guidance according to the individual needs of each student; (3) linking guidance by subject and other learning to the independent activities; (4) being aware of independent activities in all educational activities; and (5) systematically improving the expertise of teachers in independent activities. In the UK and the US, subject-centered instruction is the norm, and there was no curriculum found that corresponded to the Japanese “independence activities”.

Free Research Field

知的障害教育

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

これまで知的障害教育では自立活動の指導をどのように行うかについて、多くの学校で課題とされていた。今回の研究で、自立活動の時間児おける指導の設定を前提として教育課程の編成を行うことの必要性が明らかになった。また、自立活動の指導課題を全ての教育活動の場で意識して取組む必要性が示された。