Mutual teaching among children with autism spectrum disorder

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26380884
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Educational psychology
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: Akagi Kazushige 神戸大学, 人間発達環境学研究科, 准教授 (70402675)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 自閉症スペクトラム障害 / 教示行為 / 相互教示

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to investigate mutual teaching among children with autism spectrum disorder. The three studies were conducted. As a result, two findings were found. The first finding is that children with autism spectrum could show mutual teaching. If the activity had various answers, mutual teaching were often occurred. The second d finding is that mutual teaching was often showed even if the children and persons with autism and other disabilities had less knowledge. These findings also suggest that the meaning and definition of teaching behavior should be reconsidered.

Free Research Field

教育心理学