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Research Structure

 In FY2024, 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)

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
Advanced and Leading-edge Research Research conducted aiming at presenting materials for consideration of future educational policy and options for educational practice
Joint Research Research conducted jointly by NISE and educational institutions such as universities and private organizations
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, research is conducted in response to requests from the government and other organizations.

Priority Issue Research

  Research Themes FY2024

Research Type Research Title Research Team Principal
Researcher
Research
Period
Research on
curriculums
Research on Curriculum Standards for Special Needs Education Education
Curriculum Team
TAKEDOMI
Hirofumi
FY 2023-2025
Research on the enhancement of seamless support Research on enrichment of learning environment for children with various educational needs Learning Opportunities Team INOUE Hidekazu FY 2023-2025
Research on education to nurture bearers of cohesive society, focusing on the examination of education for understanding disabilities Cohesive Society
Team
KUBOYAMA
Shigeki
FY 2023-2025
Research on the enhancement of career education for students with disabilities Career Team

OZAWA
Michimasa

FY 2024-2025

Disability-Category-Specific Research

Research Theme FY2024

Research Title Research Team Principal
Researcher
Research
Period
Research on the utilization of ICT in education for children with physical/motor disabilities

Physical/motor
disabilities ICT Team

YOSHIKAWA
Tomoo
FY 2023-2025

Basic Research Activities

Basic research activities are carried out by research units, which consist of four theme-based research units that conduct research activities by transcending the boundaries of disability categories, including basic surveys on issues that need to be considered in future school  education and urgent issues in the field, and nine research units that respond to specialized issues for each category of disability.

Research Units FY2024

Research Unit Leader
Theme-based research units Research Unit on Use of ICT and Educational Materials in Special Needs Education (ICT Unit) TAMAKI Munehisa
Research Unit on Career Education and Support for Work for Students with Disabilities (Career Unit) ENOMOTO Yoko
Research Unit on Special Needs Education for Babies and Infants (Infant Unit) YOSHIKAWA Kazuyuki
Research Unit on Special Needs Education for Children with Ties to Foreign Countries (Non-Japanese Unit) NAMEKAWA Norihiro
Research units responding to specialized issues for each type of disability Research Unit on Special Needs Education for Children with Multiple Disabilities (Multiple Disabilities Unit) OZAWA Michimasa
Research Unit on Special Needs Education for Children with Visual Impairments (Visual Impairments Unit) KANEKO Takeshi
Research Unit on Special Needs Education for Children that are Deaf and Hard of Hearing (Deaf and Hard of Hearing Unit) YAMAMOTO Akira
Research Unit on Special Needs Education for Children with Speech and Language Disorders (Speech and Language Disorders Unit) TANITO Ryota
Research Unit on Special Needs Education for Children with Physical/Motor Disabilities (Physical/Motor Disabilities Unit) YOSHIKAWA Tomoo
Research Unit on Special Needs Education for Children with Health Impairments (Health Impairments Unit) TSUCHIYA Tadayuki
Research Unit on Special Needs Education for Children with Intellectual Disabilities (Intellectual Disabilities Unit) YOKOO Shun
Research Unit on Special Needs Education for Children with Autism (Autism Unit) TSUGE Mifumi
Research Unit on Special Needs Education for Children with Developmental Disabilities or Children with Emotional Disturbances (Developmental Disabilities and Emotional Disturbances Unit) ITO Yumi

Advanced and Leading-edge Research

Research Theme FY2024

Research Title Research Team Principal
Researcher
Research
Period
Leading-edge research for the promotion of systematic programming education for students with intellectual disabilities

Intellectual
Programming Team

ORITA Teruyoshi FY 2023-2024

*This research is conducted in collaboration with companies.

Externally Funded Research

 Themes of research funded by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (MEXT/JSPS KAKENHI grant) in FY2024 are as follows:

Research Themes Funded by MEXT/JSPS KAKENHI Grant FY2024

Category Research Title Principal
Researcher
Research
Period
ScientificResearch (B) Development of a Training Program that Supports Career Decision-Making by Students with Developmental Disabilities based on Corporate Needs ENOMOTO
Yoko
FY 2020-2024
Research on Career Decision-Making Support for Students with Developmental Disabilities in Upper Secondary Schools ENOMOTO
Yoko
FY 2024-2027
Scientific Research (C) Proposal of Independence Activities for Students with Mental Illness (Including Secondary Disabilities of Adaptation Difficulties or Developmental Disabilities) TSUCHIYA Tadayuki FY 2019-2024
Role of Kindergartens as Places of Developing Leaders of Cohesive Society KUBOYAMA Shigeki FY 2019-2024
Development of an Interactive Educational Practices Program Aimed at Improving the Resilience of Children with Stuttering MAKINO
Yasumi
FY 2020-2024
Development of a New Learning Evaluation Method Using Eye Tracking to Teach Arithmetic TAMAKI
Munehisa
FY 2020-2024
Research on the Current Status of Abstract Word Comprehension by Children with Hearing Impairments and Hheir Developmental Characteristics YAMAMOTO
Akira
FY 2021-2024
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 2021-2024
Research on Implementing Measures to Promote Special Needs Education in Upper Secondary Schools INOUE Hidekazu FY 2021-2024
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 on ICT Equipment and Assistive Devices in Special Needs Schools and Research to Promote Their Utilization ORITA Teruyoshi FY 2023-2025
Proposal of a "Support Practice Model" for Upper Secondary School Students with Individual Needs INOUE Hidekazu FY 2024-2026

Research on the Development of Support Tools for the Utilization of MEXT-Authored Textbooks for Special Needs Schools 

-Focusing on the Practices that Achieve the Goals of the Courses of Study in the Intellectually Disabled Education-

NAGAE Kiyokazu FY 2024-2026
Construction of a Learning Environment Fitting System to Support ICT Utilization by Students with Physical/Motor Disabilities FUJIMOTO Keiji FY 2024-2026
Challenging Research (Emerging) Development of Family Education Programs to Support the Career Development of Children with Developmental Disabilities ENOMOTO
Yoko
FY 2020-2024
Young Scientists Basic Research on Elucidation of Expertise Based on Reflections of Teachers for Classes for Special Needs Education HIRANUMA
Motoshi
FY 2019-2024
Inheriting the Perspective of the Teachers in Charge of Children with Deafblindness to Understand the Actual Situation - With a Focus on the Hands of Children with Deafblindness - KAWAHARA Asako FY 2023-2025
Development of Readind and Writing Educational Programs based on the Phonological Awareness Developmental Process for Children with Hearing Impairment WATANABE Anna FY 2024-2026
Support for Starting Research Activities Development of a Type-Specific Support Guidebook Tailored to the Memory Characteristics of Children with Down Syndrome YAMAGUCHI Ryo FY 2023-2024

 

Entrusted Researches

Entrusted research themes for FY2024 are as follows:

Research Themes FY2024(Entrusted Research)

Research Title

Entrusted Organization

Principal Researcher

Research Period

Developmental Research on a Support System for Deafblind Children/Students - Training and Support for Teachers of Children with Deafblindness Using Online and Other Resources - Fast Retailing Foundation FY 2020-2024

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