“Insect Extermination” classes in a school for special needs education: The author hopes that the subjectivity, self-affirmation, and expressive ability of each student has come to be improved

Abstract

In this study, the author, who is a teacher in a school for special needs education, taught “Insect Extermination” to the students, and considered the effect. In her classes, she targeted eight junior high school students. As a result, the subjectivity, self-affirmation, and expressive ability of each student has come to be improved. They have come to solve their problems by themselves. Moreover, they have come to cooperate with the “Insect Extermination,” and the teachers learned how the students perceived each problem. By externalizing their problems with the “Insect Extermination,” a constructive dialogue of the solution to problems was developed between the students and the students, the teachers and the students, who did not blame anyone.