2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Information Accessibility of Exhibitions in Japanese Science Museum.

Research Project

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Project/Area Number	26301002
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Allocation Type	Partial Multi-year Fund
Section	海外学術
Research Field	Science education
Research Institution	Tsukuba University of Technology
Principal Investigator	NAMATAME Miki 筑波技術大学, 産業技術学部, 教授 (20320624)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	溝口博東京理科大学, 理工学部, 教授 (00262113) 寺野隆雄東京工業大学, 総合理工学研究科(研究院), 教授 (20227523) 楠房子多摩美術大学, 美術学部, 教授 (40192025) 小川義和独立行政法人国立科学博物館, 学習企画調整課, 課長 (60233433) 小林真筑波技術大学, 保健科学部, 准教授 (60291853) 稲垣成哲神戸大学, 人間発達環境学研究科, 教授 (70176387)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha)	NAKASE Isao 兵庫県立人と自然の博物館, 館長 (10081564)
Research Collaborator	EGUSA Ryouhei 神戸大学, 大学院人間発達環境学研究科 KAWANO Sumihiro 筑波技術大学, 産業技術学部, 准教授 (90352567) SASAKI Tokiko 独立行政法人国立科学博物館, 事業推進部, 主任 MIZUSHIMA Miki 北海道博物館, 研究部, 学芸員 (70270585)
Project Period (FY)	2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Keywords	科学系博物館 / 情報アクセシビリティ / ユニバーサルデザイン / 聴覚障害者 / 視覚障害者
Outline of Final Research Achievements	At science museum, barrier-free of the buildings and consideration for wheelchair users are in progress. For the researches that target healthy persons, the activities that facilitates longing and understanding for science are very fulfilling. However, few research are conducted about exhibit support and learning support for information weak such as visually-impaired or hearing-impaired people. Therefore, the present research aimed at revealing the current status of exhibit support and learning support of the science museum from the point of information accessibility view (including Design for All, universal design and inclusive design) and show guidelines and evaluation method.
Free Research Field	情報デザイン