Schedule

視覚障害者が数学を学ぶために利用できる音声教材は、現在きわめて限られている。本講演では、視覚障害者が数学を学ぶ現状について紹介した後、この課題の解消に向けて、確率過程を音声によって学習する教材を開発し、その利用について全盲、弱視の児童・生徒を対象とし行ったケーススタディについて紹介する。

Audio materials that enable people with visual impairments to learn mathematics are currently extremely limited. In this talk, I will first introduce the current situation surrounding mathematics education for people with visual impairments. I will then present our efforts to address this issue by developing audio-based learning materials for stochastic processes, together with a case study of their use blind and low-vision child and students.

インクルーシブな学習・研究環境を実現するためには当事者のみならず、マジョリティである非当事者の支援も欠かせない。講演者はこれまで、視覚障害者支援のための研究や大都市圏外の熊本・沖縄における数学のアウトリーチ活動を行ってきた。いずれも非当事者としての支援である。支援の実践について紹介し、非当事者が支援を行う場合に考慮すべき点の学び方などについて議論したい。

Creating an inclusive learning and research environment requires not only the involvement of those directly affected, but also the support of members of the majority who are not themselves part of the minority group. The speaker has been engaged in research aimed at supporting people with visual impairments, as well as mathematics outreach activities in Kumamoto and Okinawa, outside Japan’s major metropolitan areas. In both cases, these efforts have been undertaken from the position of a non-affected supporter.

In this talk, I will introduce these practices and discuss how people who are not directly affected can learn to provide appropriate support, including the points that should be considered when engaging in such activities.