2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

A novel textbook-accessibility named "animateur" for the learners with Intellectual Disabilities

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24650576
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Educational technology
Research Institution	独立行政法人国立特別支援教育総合研究所
Principal Investigator	MUNEKATA Tesuya 独立行政法人国立特別支援教育総合研究所, 企画部, 総括研究員 (70229938)
Project Period (FY)	2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
Keywords	特別支援教育 / 知的障害 / 教科書 / アクセシビリティ / パーソナルロボット
Research Abstract	The author proposed a novel textbook-accessibility for the learners with Intellectual Disabilities. First, He reviewed a list of existing textbook-accessibility features. Second, based on the three principles of Universal Design for Learning of CAST, he proposed new list of textbook-accessibility features regarding UDL's "Action & Expression" and "Engagement" principles. He proposed novel concept of digital textbooks that "facing children actively" or "taking the initiative in learning and teaching". Finally, as a container of the digital textbooks, he proposed possible use of personal robots for this purpose.