4211 Monodzukuri-Education in School for Handicapped Children : Workshop training of environmentally friendly kenaf blades
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This paper describes an overview on a workshop training for students of the Annex School for Handicapped Children, Faculty of Education, Chiba University. The workshop was carried out as the annual meeting of schools for handicapped children teachers in Japan. The workshop was aimed at offering monodzukuri work and training for making something together. In this training, environmentally friendly blade of a wind turbine was selected as the object by the children. The authors assisted to their work and act for making biodegradable blades made from kenaf cloths woven by students and PLLA (poly-L-lactic acid, biodegradable plastic) with a hot press and cutting. The put in wind turbine turned and generated electricity turned on lights in the working room.
