Japanese

Academic Year	2024Year	School/Graduate School	Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Master's Course) Division of Educational Sciences Educational Design for Teacher Educators Program
Lecture Code	WNB75000	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	視覚障害心理学特論
Subject Name （Katakana）
Subject Name in English	Further Study in Psychology of Visual Impairment
Instructor	UJIMA KAZUHITO
Instructor (Katakana)	ウジマ　カズヒト
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	1st-Year,  First Semester,  2Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(2T) Fri5-8：EDU C727
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)
			Lecture-oriented ・Non-face-to-face (Skype, Zoom, or Teams will be used. Download all of these apps on your personal computer and obtain your personal account (if required by the apps) prior to the first meeting.)
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	6 : Graduate Advanced
Course Area（Area）	24 : Social Sciences
Course Area（Discipline）	07 : Education
Eligible Students	Masters students in Graduate School of Education
Keywords	Visual disorder, visual perception, haptic perception, SDG_04
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced Evaluation (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Class Objectives /Class Outline	"Provides understanding on issues and impacts triggered by weak sight or blindness, and what needs to be considered for psychological characteristics required to teach visually-impaired child/pupil effectively, centering on development of visual perception, haptic perception and visually-impaired child. "
Class Schedule	Lesson １　Classification of visual impairments from a psychological standpoint　 Lesson ２　Lights and lenses Lesson ３　Visual organ Lesson ４　Optic pathway Lesson ５　Optic center Lesson ６　Resolution Lesson ７　Visual field, eye movement Lesson ８　Psychoacoustic study on reading（１） Overseas study by sighted person Lesson ９　Psychoacoustic study on reading（２）Study by sighted person in overseas Lesson 10　Psychoacoustic study on reading（３）Domestic study Lesson 11　Psychoacoustic study on reading（４）Summary Lesson 12　Study on visual perception of low vision（１）Characters・Figures Lesson 13　Study on visual perception of low vision（２）Chinese character Lesson 14　Study on visual perception of low vision（３）Summary Lesson 15　Summary Report submission required.
Text/Reference Books,etc.	"Textbooks to be indicated as required. Also, lecture materials to be provided as required. Articles in Japanese/English to be used as materials. "
PC or AV used in Class,etc.
	(More Details)	Handouts, image (video/PC)
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Not only understand contents of lectures but also collect relevant documents and sort out relations among relevant factors expansively.
Requirements	"If students are not in special needs education major and want to take this course, they need to consult with the instructor beforehand. "
Grading Method	In-class performance and reports.
Practical Experience	Experienced
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it	A teacher who has worked for 12 years at a school for the blind will give lectures on the psychology, evaluation, and teaching methods of visually impaired people.
Message	Notice on the class and materials will be posted on the bulletin board on Momiji website. Students must be sure to take measures so that they can check the updated information on the bulletin board certainly by checking the e-mail from the university frequently or do a set-up for transferring the e-mail to the private e-mail address.
Other	Prepare the dictionaries as English articles to be provided as assignment.
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes. Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.