本研究は，2020年に第30回を迎えた「手でみる造型展」の30年間を省察し，第31回展以降の展望を考察することで熊本県における社会的・文化的，そして教育的発展を目指すものである。方法としては，先行研究や記念事業として発行された記念誌等を基にして，これまでの取り組みの概要を総括的に整理し，省察を行うことによって展望を述べた。展望では，まず意義を分類し，これまでの取り組みと結びつけながら今後の方策を明示した。そして，その意義を啓発していくためには出品者・出品作品の多様性の推進，及び巡回展等を通じた熊本県内全域への拡充を図ることが必要であることを明らかにした。

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We manufactured voice-producing typewriters to assist totally-blind children with their Braille learning. The apparatuses made by our students in a special manufacturing programme have been donated to the schools for the blind across the country for two years. Our investigation has disclosed that they are effective especially for the children of multiple disabilities to ameliorate their Braille learning. Recently, in collaboration with us the staff, students have developed this humble attempt into a donation project to make a systematic contribution to society in technology. The present paper explains the history of our attempt, public reactions to it, and the result of our survey of blind children’ s improvement in learning, and thus proposes a model of what engineering education at universities can do for the public.

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「音声式教材で全盲児の教室配置記憶を支援しよう！」 盲学校に新たに入学した視覚障がい児は，教室の配置が分からず，教師の助けがなければ教室から出ることもできず，学校生活に大きな不安を抱えることになる。そこで，学校生活の安心と自立歩行促進を支援すべく，校舎内の教室配置を生徒自ら音声で確認できる「音声式触察校舎模型」と「音声式教室名通知システム」を開発し，それぞれ全国10ずつの盲学校に提供した。本報告では，これら 2つの教材開発と学生ものづくり教育，教材導入によって得られた教育的成果について報告する。

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心包の兪穴・募穴である厥陰兪及び〓中に対して鍼刺激を行い, 瞬時心拍数を測定しその結果を西條らの動的自律神経機能検査法を用いて, 刺激前値に対する刺激後の効果の相違を観察検討した。測定は, 刺激前に安静仰臥後及び立位3分後に1分間, 刺激時に2分間・刺激後に仰臥位, 立位を3回繰り返しそれぞれ3分後に1分間行なった。その結果刺激後1回目の測定では, 2種の刺激間の自律神経機能関与度の変化に差は見られなかったが, 刺激後3回の測定を通して見ると, 厥陰兪刺激では, 自律神経機能関与度の変化の方向に一定の傾向が見られず, 変化も小さかったが, 〓中刺激では, 自律神経機能関与度を持続的に高めると共に大きい変化を表す傾向が見られた。

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In this paper, a universal design shogi game “Fureai Doubutsu Shogi” that can be played only by tactile sense and allows people with a low vision to play with sighted people on an equal condition. From the questionnaire results of the prototype, a majority of people answered that it was useful for the training of spatial grasp and memory. In addition, it was found that it could help the communication beyond the existence of the barrier between students.

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Ten years have passed since the missions to develop and donate teaching materials for whole Japanese school for the visually impaired started in our university. Through newly developed teaching materials, mutual educational support relationship has been established between the university and the schools for the visually impaired. Evaluation of those activities as engineering design training, and educational outputs were explained.

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This paper describes the problems of information acquisition for students with the AVI(Acquired Visual Impairment) in special needs education school. The solutions to facilitate the information acquisition attracted much attention since the types of disabilities had been diversified with an increase of the number of the adult students with the AVI in the high school. The students, having different views for the same information, seem to have difficulties in the information acquisition for activities in school. We conducted the questionnaire survey for the teachers in the high schools above and examined the key issues: (1) supporting solutions by teachers, (2) source of knowledge and information, and (3) inconvenience and problem for students. Teachers devised various methods for teaching students. Students relied on textbooks, teaching materials and teachers as source of knowledge and information. They suffered from the inability to see books, websites and blackboard clearly. We presented the categorical principal components that characterize the relation between information sources and inconvenience of students.

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We have developed a pen-based Japanese character input system for the blind person (particularly persons with acquired blindness). This system is composed of a personal computer and a control board with an electronic tablet. The blind person is able to get the screen information by using a voice synthesizer. We have investigated various problems that arise when the blind person edits the document by using this system and solved those problems. Furthermore this system is applied to an electronic mail system for the blind person. From the experimental results, we have confirmed that the proposed pen-based system makes it easy to input Japanese characters for the novice blind user without training.

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