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  • Increasing child’s engagement and social interactions among peers through a series of structured group lessons of special educators in Japan

    Author(s)
    Kikkawa, Yoriko
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Kikkawa, Yoriko
    Year published
    2012
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    Abstract
    Classroom teachers have encountered practical difficulties in responding to unique communicative and social needs of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). Moreover, cultural values can affect teachers’ preferences for desirable skills. In a 9-week period in the first term of a primary school unit, three Japanese special education classroom teachers were interviewed about how they taught children with ASDs in a group, and video observations were made of their group lessons including children with ASDs. Thematic analysis of interviews showed these teachers highly valued a child’s engagement and peer interactions in ...
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    Classroom teachers have encountered practical difficulties in responding to unique communicative and social needs of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). Moreover, cultural values can affect teachers’ preferences for desirable skills. In a 9-week period in the first term of a primary school unit, three Japanese special education classroom teachers were interviewed about how they taught children with ASDs in a group, and video observations were made of their group lessons including children with ASDs. Thematic analysis of interviews showed these teachers highly valued a child’s engagement and peer interactions in their teaching and talked about making improvements in these areas throughout a series of structured group lessons. However, they provided reflective rather than systematic assessments of outcomes. Actual outcomes from quantitative measurements, obtained from video analysis, showed that children with ASDs became more engaged in their activities when the lesson was more structured and that they gradually interacted more with peers as the core lesson was reworked and taught again through the term.
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    Conference Title
    Increasing child’s engagement and social interactions among peers through a series of structured group lessons of special educators in Japan
    Publisher URI
    http://www.griffith.edu.au/education/research-professional-development/hdr-support/research-student-conference
    Subject
    Special Education and Disability
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/50705
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