Tokyo School for the Deaf

The Tokyo School for the Blind and Deaf, circa 1900

The Tokyo School for the Deaf (東京都立ろう学校 Tokyo ro-a gakko), now called the Central School for the Deaf, was the first Deaf educational program to be established in the eastern capital during the Meiji period.

History

The Tokyo School for the Deaf was established in 1880.[1] Initially, the school adopted a manual teaching method, despite international trends towards oralism.[2]

In 1915, alumni of the Tokyo School for the Deaf founded the Japanese Association of the Deaf. This organization was the precursor of the Japanese Federation of the Deaf.[3]

By the 1930s, the institution had grown to include an elementary school, a middle school, and a training department. The training department was intended for the training of those who planned to be teaching the Deaf.[4]

Program

Currently, the Central School for the Deaf serves students in two Tokyo venues: (a) Shakuji Campus (石神井校舎) in Nerima and(b) Otsuka Campus (大塚校舎) in Toshima.[5]

In September 2010, some of the Tokyo faculty and students begin participating in an exchange program with their counterparts at Rochester School for the Deaf in Rochester, New York.[6]

Notes

  1. ↑ Tsuchiya, Michiko. (1994). "The Deaf Japanese and Their Self-Identity," in The Deaf Way: Perspectives from the International Conference on Deaf Culture, p. 66., p. 66, at Google Books
  2. ↑ Tsuchiya, p. 66-67., p. 66, at Google Books
  3. ↑ Nakamura, Karen. "Resistance and Co-optation: the Japanese Federation of the Deaf and its Relations with State Power," Social Science Japan Journal, Vol. 5, No. 1 (April 2002), pp 17-35, 20.
  4. ↑ Monbushō. (1935). Annual report of the Minister of State for Education, p. 442.
  5. ↑ 東京都立中央ろう学校
  6. ↑ "US-Japan Foundation Funds Project at NTID," NTID News. May 26, 2010.

References

Coordinates: 35°40′11.6″N 139°38′27.5″E / 35.669889°N 139.640972°E