Education of the public day schools for the deaf: A limited approximation to education of the public schools for hearing children in the early 20 centuries America

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25780545
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Special needs education
• Research Institution: Gunma University (2016-2017); University of Miyazaki (2013-2015)
• Principal Investigator: Kimura Motoko 群馬大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (60452918)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 通学制聾学校 / 米国 / 通常教育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims to examine how education of the public day schools for the deaf tried to approximate to education of the public schools for hearing children. In Chicago case, the results indicated that day schools were established by deaf people to educate deaf children and that the state authorities and the Chicago School Board presumed that these schools could resolve the problem of overcrowded residential schools and reduce the number of uneducated deaf children in Illinois. However, the number of pupils attending day schools did not increase as expected, and the schools could not fully adopt a regular school curriculum, but it partially followed a curriculum similar to that used in the deaf residential school to meet the needs of deaf children. Teachers in day schools were forced to choose realistic measures to teach their pupils as best they could under such educational conditions. In the early 20 centuries, both hearing people deaf people approved the assimilated school reform.

Free Research Field

特別支援教育