Central School for the Deaf
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The Central School for the Deaf (東京都立中央ろう学校, Tōkyō Toritsu Chūō Rōgakkō), formerly the Tokyo School for the Deaf (東京都立ろう学校, Tōkyō Toritsu Rōgakkō), is a public school for the deaf in Shimotakaido , Suginami, Tokyo,[1] managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education. It was the first Deaf educational program to be established in the eastern capital during the Meiji period.
History
[edit]The Tokyo School for the Deaf was established in 1880.[2] Initially, the school adopted a manual teaching method, despite international trends towards oralism.[3] In 1897, the director was Shinpachi Konishi.[4]
In 1915, alumni of the Tokyo School for the Deaf founded the Japanese Association of the Deaf. This organization was the precursor of the Japanese Federation of the Deaf.[5]
By the 1930s, the institution had grown to include an elementary school, a middle school, and a training department. The training department was intended for the training of those who planned to be teaching the Deaf.[6]
Program
[edit]Currently, the Central School for the Deaf serves students in two Tokyo venues: Shakuji Campus (石神井校舎) in Nerima and Otsuka Campus (大塚校舎) in Toshima.[7] Otsuka is now Tokyo Otsuka School for the Deaf .
In September 2010, some of the Tokyo faculty and students begin participating in an exchange program with their counterparts at Rochester School for the Deaf in Rochester, New York.[8]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Home. Central School for the Deaf. Retrieved on September 9, 2019. "〒168-0073 東京都杉並区下高井戸2-22-10"
- ^ Tsuchiya, Michiko. (1994). "The Deaf Japanese and Their Self-Identity," in The Deaf Way: Perspectives from the International Conference on Deaf Culture, p. 66., p. 66, at Google Books
- ^ Tsuchiya, p. 66-67., p. 66, at Google Books
- ^ "Fortieth Annual Report of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb to the Secretary of the Interior" (June 30, 1897). Gallaudet University. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Archives, Gallaudet University.
- ^ Nakamura, Karen. "Resistance and Co-optation: the Japanese Federation of the Deaf and its Relations with State Power," Social Science Japan Journal, Vol. 5, No. 1 (April 2002), pp 17-35, 20.
- ^ Monbushō. (1935). Annual report of the Minister of State for Education, p. 442.
- ^ 東京都立中央ろう学校
- ^ "US-Japan Foundation Funds Project at NTID," Archived 2010-07-27 at the Wayback Machine NTID News. May 26, 2010.
References
[edit]- Erting, Carol. J. (1994). The Deaf Way: Perspectives from the International Conference on Deaf Culture (1989). Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press. ISBN 9781563680267; OCLC 260213909
External links
[edit]- Tokyo Central School for the Deaf (in Japanese)
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