Central School for the Deaf

The Central School for the Deaf (東京都立中央ろう学校, Tōkyō-toritsu Chūō Ro-u Gakkō), formerly the Tokyo School for the Deaf (東京都立ろう学校, Tōkyō-toritsu Ro-u Gakkō), is a public school for the deaf in Shimotakaido, Suginami, Tokyo,[1] managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education. It was the first Deaf educational program to be established in the eastern capital during the Meiji period.

The Tokyo School for the Blind and Deaf, circa 1900

History

The Tokyo School for the Deaf was established in 1880.[2] Initially, the school adopted a manual teaching method, despite international trends towards oralism.[3] In 1897, the director was Shimpachi Konishi.[4]

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.[5]

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.[6]

Program

Currently, the Central School for the Deaf serves students in two Tokyo venues: Shakuji Campus (石神井校舎) in Nerima and Otsuka Campus (大塚校舎) in Toshima.[7] Otsuka is now Tokyo Otsuka School for the Deaf.

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.[8]

Notes
  1. Home. Central School for the Deaf. Retrieved on September 9, 2019. "〒168-0073 東京都杉並区下高井戸２－２２－１０"
  2. 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
  3. Tsuchiya, p. 66-67., p. 66, at Google Books
  4. "Fortieth Annual Report of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb to the Secretary of the Interior" (June 30, 1897). Gallaudet University. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Archives, Gallaudet University.
  5. 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.
  6. Monbushō. (1935). Annual report of the Minister of State for Education, p. 442.
  7. 東京都立中央ろう学校
  8. "US-Japan Foundation Funds Project at NTID," Archived 2010-07-27 at the Wayback Machine NTID News. May 26, 2010.

References
  • Erting, Carol. J. (1994). The Deaf Way: Perspectives from the International Conference on Deaf Culture (1989). Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press. ISBN 9781563680267; OCLC 260213909


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