2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Development of orientation & mobility program based on spatial cognitive ability for congenitally blind children

Research Project

PDF

Project/Area Number	20K03047
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	Hyogo University of Teacher Education
Principal Investigator	Tansho Shinobu 兵庫教育大学, 学校教育研究科, 講師 (70780865)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	三科聡子宮城教育大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (20804082) 門脇弘樹山口学芸大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (40868569) 韓星民福岡教育大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (60643476)
Project Period (FY)	2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Keywords	視覚障害 / 先天性視覚障害幼児児童 / 歩行指導 / 盲学校
Outline of Final Research Achievements	In the United States, highly specialized orientation and mobility(O&M) trainers provide guidance and parental support for infants and children with congenital visual impairment. It was suggested that this would facilitate a smooth transition to white cane walking thereafter. The importance of the following aspects of O&M instruction was suggested: formation of spatial concepts, sensory development, communication skills, body concepts, socialization skills, gross motor development, and fine motor development. However, some Japanese schools for the blind did not provide O&M instruction to children with low vision or multiple disabilities. Considering the current situation regarding O&M instruction at schools for the blind, it was considered effective to create and share a collection of instructional case studies that can be used in practice to create a concrete image of how O&M instruction and environmental improvements should be provided to children with congenital visual impairment.
Free Research Field	視覚障害教育
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	本研究は、これまで日本の視覚障害児教育において必要性は認識されながらも、具体的には扱われてこなかった先天性視覚障害児への歩行指導のあり方を検討し、提案しようとするものである。米国の指導書の分析に加え、盲学校に在籍する全幼児児童に対する歩行指導の目標・内容を実態把握するとともに、盲学校における組織的課題と改善策を検討した上で、先天性視覚障害児に対する歩行指導の事例集をまとめ、盲学校をはじめ視覚障害関連施設等に配布し、研究成果を共有しようとする点において意義がある。