Development Process of Teaching Materials and Subject Material on Color for Visually Impaired Children

• Published in: The Journal for the Association of Art Education Vol. 41; pp. 213 - 224
• Main Authors: TAGO, Hiroshi, MOGI, Kazuji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: The Association of Art Education 2020; 美術科教育学会
• Subjects: blind children; color teaching materials; curriculum; survey; カリキュラム; 実態調査; 盲児; 色彩教材
• ISSN: 0917-771X; 2424-2497
• DOI: 10.24455/aaej.41.0_213

There are not a few opinions that point out the necessity of color education for blind children. However, there is very little previous research. In this research, we are going to investigate the current state of color education in art education at blind schools, reveal its significance and meaning, present the process of developing the teaching materials and themes for color education, and ultimately standardize the curriculum. To this end, we are going to consider the support curriculum for visually impaired children to be able to use living colors in their lives, starting from the themes and teaching materials for them to raise interests in color, enrich images in association with words, understand color theories, such as hue circles, three attributes, and emotional effects of colors, and form their own images and preferences. Such research for children with disabilities would make art education in general be easier to understand.