Research Activities
Activities
Types of Research Projects
In FY2023, 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 |
| Advanced and Leading-edge Research | Research conducted aiming at presenting materials for consideration of future educational policy and options for educational practice | |
| 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 research in response to government requests and joint research.
Priority Issue Research
Research Themes FY2023
| Research Type | Research Title | Research Team | Principal Researcher |
Research Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research on curriculums |
Research on Curriculum Standards for Special Needs Education | Education Curriculum Team |
MAKINO Yasumi | FY 2023-2025 |
| Research on the enhancement of seamless support | 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 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 |
Disability-Category-Specific Research
Research Theme FY2023
| 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 2023-2024 |
Advanced and Leading-edge Research
Research Theme FY2023
| 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 |
Externally Funded Research
Themes of research funded by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (MEXT/JSPS KAKENHI grant) in FY2023 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) | Research on Support for Self-esteem of Children with Developmental Disabilities in Special Needs Services in Resource Rooms | ITO Yumi |
FY 2018-2023 |
| 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 2018-2023 | |
| Development of Training Programs in Upper Secondary Schools for Providing Reasonable Accommodation and Promoting Special Needs Education | OSAKI Hirofumi |
FY 2018-2023 | |
| Proposal of Independence Activities for Students with Mental Illness (Including Secondary Disabilities of Adaptation Difficulties or Developmental Disabilities) | TSUCHIYA Tadayuki | FY 2019-2023 | |
| Role of Kindergartens as Places of Developing Leaders of Cohesive Society | KUBOYAMA Shigeki | FY 2019-2023 | |
| Development of an Interactive Educational Practices Program Aimed at Improving the Resilience of Children with Stuttering | MAKINO Yasumi |
FY 2020-2023 | |
| Development of a New Learning Evaluation Method Using Eye Tracking to Teach Arithmetic | TAMAKI Munehisa |
FY 2020-2023 | |
| 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 on ICT equipment and assistive devices in special needs schools and research to promote their utilization | ORITA Teruyoshi | FY 2023-2025 | |
| Challenging Research (Emerging) | Development of family education programs to support the career development of children with developmental disabilities | ENOMOTO Yoko |
FY 2020-2023 |
| Young Scientists | Basic Research on Elucidation of Expertise Based on Reflections of Teachers for Classes for Special Needs Education | HIRANUMA Motoshi |
FY 2019-2023 |
| Development of haptic perception training system for children who are blind in order to support their active utilization of tablets | NISHIMURA Takahiro | FY 2021-2023 | |
| What do people who could become socially vulnerable ("vulnerable people") seek in studying history? | TATARA Yusuke | FY 2023-2027 | |
| 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 | |
| Support for Starting Research Activities | Development of an autism education modular training program that includes content on dealing with behavioral disorders | MANABE Shingo | FY 2021-2023 |
| Consideration of communication instruction approach for deafblind children | KAWAHARA Asako | FY 2021-2023 |
Entrusted Researches
Entrusted research themes for FY2023 are as follows:
Research Themes FY2023(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 2020-2023 |