Research Project on High-level Educational Activities Using High-quality Visual Assistance Suitable for Hearing-impaired Students

在筑波技术大学机械工程系，一个为听力障碍者设立的三年制机构，学生有机会借助视觉导向的方法获得教育。机械制图/CAD/设计教育是一个特别重要的类，因为，通过学习如何通过一个人的图纸沟通的方法，而不使用语音，学生可以获得一个宝贵的资产，为寻找未来的就业。我们希望激发学生的动机，让他们感受到提高自己的教育水平的重要性。我们的教育理念，是希望引导学生有自我判断的能力，能客观地看待自己努力的成果，同时也有同侪的意识和提升班级水平的意愿。这些概念将通过实际使用下列工具来执行：利用网络和网页;利用教材来帮助独立思考;通过示范的经验和反馈来自我发展;通过与朋友的关系来唤醒自我发展的精神;通过合作活动来激活教育;培养具有国际视野的心态，并在社会独立意识的基础上学习。结果之一的一个例子是，我们已经纳入了使用3D-CAD和规模建模的工具，有效的课堂教学机械设计。我们认为，通过这个项目，我们更接近于实现这些目标。

In the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the Tsukuba College of Technology, a 3-year institution for the hearing impaired, students are given the opportunity, with the aid of visually-oriented methods, to acquire an education. Mechanical Drawing/CAD/Design Education is an especially important class because, through learning the methods of how to communicate through one's drawings, and without using speech, a student can acquire a valuable asset for finding future employment. We hope to trigger in the students the incentive to feel the importance of raising themselves to a higher educational level. Contained within our educational concept is the hope that we may guide our students in acquiring the ability to judge themselves, to objectively view the results of their own efforts, while possessing a consciousness of the efforts of their peers and an inclination to raise up the class level. These concepts will be implemented through the practical use of the following : utilization of network and web pages ; utilization of teaching materials to aid independent thinking ; self-development through the experience of, and the feedback from, modeling ; awakening of the spirit of self-advancement through relations with friends ; activation of education through collaborative activities ; fostering a mental attitude with an international field of vision, and learning with an awareness of societal independence. An example of one of the results is that we have incorporated the use of 3D-CAD and scale modeling as tools for effective classroom instruction of Mechanical Design. We feel that through this project we have come closer to realizing these aims.