Research Activities
Activities
Types of Research Projects
In FY2022, we will strategically and systematically conduct priority issue research, disability-category-specific research, basic research activities, etc.
| Categories | Characteristics of Research | |
|---|---|---|
| Priority Issue Research | Research that transcends the boundaries of disability categories and contributes to the promotion of national policy of education for children with disabilities or the resolution of urgent issues in the field of education • Research on curriculums (policy contribution to the country) • Research on the enhancement of seamless support (responding to urgent issues in the field of education) |
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Disability-Category-Specific Research |
Research that contributes to the resolution of urgent issues in each disability category | |
| Others | Basic Research Activities |
Fundamental research by theme-based research units and research units responding to specialized issues for each type of disability. Basic and ongoing research activities such as annual basic surveys, surveys and analyses that contribute to the improvement of instruction, and dissemination of the results of these surveys and analyses |
| Externally Funded Research |
Studies funded by external funds such as MEXT/JSPS KAKENHI Grant | |
| Entrusted Research | Studies entrusted by an external organization | |
* Apart from the above, Categories include advanced and leading-edge research, research in response to government requests, and joint research.
Priority Issue Research
Research Themes FY2022
| Research Type | Research Title | Research Team | Principal Researcher |
Research Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research on curriculums |
Research on the Formulation, Implementation, Evaluation, and Improvement of Curriculums Based on the Course of Study | Education Curriculum Team |
YOSHIKAWA Tomoo |
FY 2021-2022 |
| Research on theenhancement ofseamless support | Research on Instruction and Support for Students with Disabilities Using ICT, etc. | ICT Team | MUNEKATA Tetsuya |
FY 2021-2022 |
| Research on Procedures of Determining School for Enrollment for Children with Disabilities | Enrollment Team | KUBOYAMA Shigeki |
FY 2021-2022 | |
| Research on How to Promote Career Guidance and Cooperation for the Smooth Transition of Students with Disabilities to Society at Upper Secondary Schools | Career Guidance Team |
ITO Yumi | FY 2021-2023 | |
| Research on Consideration in Instruction of Subjects for Students with Various Educational Needs in Regular Classes | Team for Instruction of Subjects |
INOUE Hidekazu |
FY 2021-2022 |
Disability-Category-Specific Research
Research Themes FY2022
| Research Title | Research Team | Principal Researcher |
Research Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research on Lesson Design and Learning Evaluation in Education for Children with Intellectual Disabilities | Learning Evaluation Team |
YOKOO Shun | FY 2021-2022 |
Externally Funded Research
Themes of research funded by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (MEXT/JSPS KAKENHI grant) in FY2022 are as follows:
Research Themes Funded by MEXT/JSPS KAKENHI Grant FY2022
| Category | Research Title | Principal Researcher |
Research Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scientific Research (B) |
Development of a Training Program that Supports Career Decision-Making by Students with Developmental Disabilities based on Corporate Needs | ENOMOTO Yoko |
FY 2020-2023 |
| Scientific Research (C) | Cooperation Between Regular Classes Teachers and Others: Development of a Measure of the Cooperation in Special Needs Education | TAKEMURA Yoko |
FY 2017-2022 |
| Research on Development of Classes Based on a Decision-Making Theory Approach in Special Needs Education Schools (Physical/Motor Disabilities) | KITAGAWA Takaaki |
FY 2018-2022 | |
| Research on Support for Self-esteem of Children with Developmental Disabilities in Special Needs Services in Resource Rooms | ITO Yumi |
FY 2018-2022 | |
| Research on the Role and Best Approaches for the Person in Charge of Language Classroom at Lower Secondary School - Preparation of a classroom management guidebook - | NAMEKAWA Norihiro |
FY 2018-2022 | |
| Development of Training Programs in Upper Secondary Schools for Providing Reasonable Accommodation and Promoting Special Needs Education | OSAKI Hirofumi |
FY 2018-2022 | |
| Proposal of Independence Activities for Students with Mental Illness (Including Secondary Disabilities of Adaptation Difficulties or Developmental Disabilities) | TSUCHIYA Tadayuki | FY 2019-2022 | |
| Role of Kindergartens as Places of Developing Leaders of Cohesive Society | KUBOYAMA Shigeki | FY 2019-2022 | |
| Development of an Interactive Educational Practices Program Aimed at Improving the Resilience of Children with Stuttering | MAKINO Yasumi |
FY 2020-2022 | |
| Development of a New Learning Evaluation Method Using Eye Tracking to Teach Arithmetic | TAMAKI Munehisa |
FY 2020-2022 | |
| Research on the Current Status of Abstract Word Comprehension by Children with Hearing Impairments and Their Developmental Characteristics | YAMAMOTO Akira |
FY 2021-2023 | |
| Practical Research on Instruction and Support to Foster Independence of Students with Speech and Language Disorders Attending Language Classrooms in Lower Secondary Schools | NAMEKAWA Norihiro |
FY 2021-2023 | |
| Research on Implementing Measures to Promote Special Needs Education in Upper Secondary Schools | INOUE Hidekazu | FY 2021-2023 | |
| Longitudinal Research on the Practical Knowledge of Childcare Practitioners Who Create Inclusive Early Childhood Education and Care | YOSHIKAWA Kazuyuki | FY 2022-2025 | |
| Support for Developmental Disabilities in Mainstream Classrooms: Strategies for Creating and Utilizing Individual Syllabuses Linked to a Partial Inclusion Program | TAKEMURA Yoko | FY 2022-2025 | |
| Development of a continuing education assurance promotion program for high school students undergoing medical treatment Who are willing to study | OSAKI Hirofumi | FY 2022-2024 | |
| Nationwide Survey of Actual Conditions and Research on Solving Constant Problems for the Promotion of ICT Utilization in Education for Children with Health Impairments | GOSHIMA Osamu | FY 2022-2024 | |
| ChallengingResearch (Emerging) | Development of Family Education Programs to Support the Career Development of Children with Developmental Disabilities | ENOMOTO Yoko |
FY 2020-2022 |
| Young Scientists | Basic Research on Elucidation of Expertise Based on Reflections of Teachers for Classes for Special Needs Education | HIRANUMA Motoshi |
FY 2019-2022 |
| Development of Haptic Perception Training System for Children Who are Blind to Support Active Utilization of Tablets | NISHIMURA Takahiro |
FY 2021-2023 | |
| Support for Starting Research Activities | Study on the Acquisition of Fingerspelling by Preschool Children Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing during the Period of Manual/Oral Language Acquisition | IGUCHI Akiko | FY 2021-2022 |
| Development of an Autism Education Modular Training Program that Includes Content on Dealing with Behavioral Disorders | MANABE Shingo | FY 2021-2022 | |
| Consideration of Communication Instruction Approach for Deafblind Children | KAWAHARA Asako | FY 2021-2022 |
Entrusted Researches
Entrusted research themes for FY2022 are as follows:
Research Themes FY2022(Entrusted Research)
| Research Title |
Entrusted Organization |
Principal Researcher |
Research Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research on Establishing a Support System for Deafblind Children/Students | Fast Retailing Foundation | － | FY 2020-2022 |