Introduction Process of "Dohsa-kunren" as "Yogo-kunren" in Kirigaoka School for the Physically Challenged, Tokyo University of Education

Focusing on Bulletin

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the introduction process of “Dohsa-kunren” in Kirigaoka school for the physically challenged, Tokyo university of Education by analyzing bulletin of Kirigaoka. At Kirigaoka, there was the question among some teachers that “Kinou-kunren”, which was placed in course of study published in 1963, was mainly consisted of medical training and was not suited as educational instruction. So, “Dohsa-kunren”, which is psychotherapeutic approach to improve volitional motor actions proposed by Naruse, was started as the part of “Kinou-kunren” from the point of learning motor action. In Kirigaoka, “Dohsa-kunren” was considered as effective method of “Kinou-kunren” as results of some practical research and basic research. After formation of “Yogokunren”, which was placed in course of study published in 1971 and required to instruct from the point of general development, “Dohsa-kunren”, which was mainly aimed to improve motor actions, was instructed as “Yogo-kunren” in Kirigaoka. And other point of view was not emphasized except a few research.