Research on classroom planning of special-needs schools from the perspective of visual structuring of classroom environments

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25750006
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Design science
• Research Institution: Tokyo Denki University
• Principal Investigator: OSAKI Atsushi 東京電機大学, 情報環境学部, 准教授 (30434004)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): YOSHIMURA Akira 東京電機大学, 情報環境学部, 教授 (60057255) ; ITOH Shunsuke 東京電機大学, 情報環境学部, 教授 (50339082) ; EGAWA Kana 東京電機大学, 情報環境学部, 助教 (10648603)
• Research Collaborator: MIZOBUCHI Takumi ; HIRAE YURI
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 特別支援学校 / 知的障害児童生徒 / 教室 / 視覚的構造化 / 活動補助掲示 / 家具配置 / ICT

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to clarify necessary considerations in classrooms planning of special-needs schools for children with intellectual disabilities, by investigating the visual structuring of classroom environments and teaching.
Placement of furniture and posters on the walls in and around classrooms were surveyed in special-needs schools in Japan. Similarly, the placement of furniture and posters on the walls in and around classrooms were surveyed in special-needs schools in Sweden and Korea, and compared with Japan. Changes in the visual structuring of classroom environments and teaching practice after introducing electronic whiteboards and tablet devices in a special-needs school in Japan was studied.

Free Research Field

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