AKIRA SHINKAI

Last Updated :2024/04/03

Affiliations, Positions
Hiroshima University
E-mail
ashinkaihiroshima-u.ac.jp
Self-introduction
I specialize in education for children with hearing impairments.

Basic Information

Academic Degrees

  • Tokyo Gakugei University
  • Tokyo Gakugei University

Research Fields

  • Social sciences;Education;Special needs education

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students
  2. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Special Needs Education
  3. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Introduction to Primary School Teaching Practice
  4. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Fumdamentals of Education for Children with Hearing Impairments
  5. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Communication Methods in School Education for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing I
  6. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Teaching Methods for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students I
  7. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Communication Methods in School Education for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing II
  8. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Seminar on Evaluation and Assessment of Hearing Impairments
  9. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Introduction of Teaching Practice in Special Needs Schools
  10. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Teaching Practice in Special Needs Schools
  11. 2024, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Methods of Research on Special Needs Education I
  12. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Methods of Research on Special Needs Education II
  13. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Study in Graduation Thesis
  14. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Teaching Methods for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students II
  15. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Special Needs Education
  16. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Special Needs Education
  17. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Practical Seminar for the Teaching Profession
  18. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Advanced Study in Special Needs Education
  19. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Advanced Study in Special Needs Education
  20. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Further Study in Learning and Curriculum Development
  21. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Practical Study in Special Needs Education
  22. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Further Study in Instructional Methods for Children with Hearing Impairment
  23. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 4Term, Seminar on Hearing Impairment
  24. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , First Semester, Special Study
  25. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Special Study
  26. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Seminar on Research Methods of Children with Disabilities I
  27. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Year, Special Study on Graduation Thesis
  28. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Introduction to Education for Children with Hearing Impairments
  29. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Teaching Practice in Special Support Schools
  30. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Seminar on Research Methods of Children with Disabilities II
  31. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Special Study in Research of Special Needs Education I
  32. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Year, Special Study in Special Needs Education
  33. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Further Study in Instructional Methods for Children with Hearing Impairments I
  34. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Special Study in Research of Special Needs Education II
  35. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 4Term, Further Study in Testing and Assessment of Children with Hearing Impairments

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. A Survey Study on the Current Status of Interpreting Activities and Qualities and Abilities of Certified Sign Language Interpreters, The Bulletin of the Center for Special Needs Education Research and Practice, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University, 21, 17-28, 20230301
  2. An Investigation on Telephone Relay Service from the Viewpoint of Deaf and Hard-of-hearing Users, Annual reports of the Cooperative Faculty of Education, Gunma University. Cultural science series, 72, 187-206, 20230127
  3. Undergraduate students' knowledge and instructional concerns about teaching students with special educational needs: Survey of undergraduates who wish to become regular classroom teachers, The Bulletin of the Center for Special Needs Education Research and Practice, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University, 21, 9-16, 20230301
  4. Present situations of speech-language-hearing therapists engaged in audiological services, revealed by a recent survey, 65(6), 515-534, 20221228
  5. Interpreting and Competency of Note-Takers: Training Communication assistants for Telecommunication Relay Services, The Japanese journal of hearing and language disorders, 51(1), 25-37, 20220430
  6. Activities for Independent Living: An Elementary-Middle School Program to Promote Value Self and Others in Students with Intellectual Disabilities, 64-74, 20220331
  7. Learning Activities Aimed at Fostering Media Literacy in High School for the Deaf: A Questionnaire Survey for Teachers, The Bulletin of the Center for Special Needs Education Research and Practice, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University, 20, 11-19, 20220301
  8. Evaluation of Persuasive Writing by Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students: Impression Ratings and Related Linguistic Information, Journal of Special Education Research, 10(2), 55-67, 20220228
  9. Acquisition of Numerical Classifiers in Children with Hearing Impairments : From the Viewpoint of the Characteristics of the Object and the Prototypicality of the Biological Category, Bulletin of Tokyo Gakugei University: Educational sciences, 73, 251-259, 20220228
  10. Evaluation Criteria for Deaf Students` Writing by Teachers at a School for the Deaf: Importance Items of Evaluation Scale, The Japanese Journal of Communication Disorders, 38(2), 144-149, 20210831
  11. Status of Implementation and Issues of Classes on Disabilities in Public Elementary Schools: Questionnaire Survey toward Teachers in Charge, The Bulletin of the Center for Special Needs Education Research and Practice, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University, 19, 1-12, 20210301
  12. The Analytic Evaluation to Expository Text Written by Deaf Students : Relationship between Scales and Feature of Evaluation, Bulletin of Tokyo Gakugei University: Educational sciences, 72, 267-277, 20210226
  13. Use of Japanese Grammatical Expressions in Elementary School Textbooks : Suggestions for Teaching Japanese Grammar to Children with Hearing Impairment, Bulletin of Tokyo Gakugei University: Educational sciences, 72, 247-257, 20210226
  14. Developmental Features of Writing Content and its Relationship to the Evaluation of Procedural Expository Compositions Written by Deaf Students, Bulletin of Tokyo Gakugei University: Educational sciences, 71, 339-353, 20200228
  15. Research on the Use of Verbs in Children with Hearing Impairments: In Relation to Semantic Specificity of Verbs, 16, 141-146, 202003
  16. Writing the Expository Composition of Deaf Students : Writing Competence Based on Relationship between Evaluation and Linguistic Features, 48(2), 57-73, 20191130
  17. Relationship between Linguistic Features of Deaf Children's Writing and Analytic Evaluation by Teachers, The Japan Journal of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, 60(2), 121-129, 20190420
  18. Writing Process on Deaf Children : A Review, Bulletin of Tokyo Gakugei University: Educational sciences, 70(1), 429-440, 20190228
  19. Comprehension of compound verb by children with hearing impairments : Effect of compound verb construction for comprehension, Bulletin of Tokyo Gakugei University: Educational sciences, 70(1), 417-428, 20190228
  20. Evaluation of Writing by Students With Hearing Impairments:Relationship Between Grade Taught and Teachers' Experience, The Japanese Journal of Special Education, 56(3), 135-145, 20180731
  21. Japanese Language Awareness of Students with Hearing Impairments in School for Deaf, Bulletin of Tokyo Gakugei University: Educational sciences, 69(2), 229-242, 20180228
  22. Adjustment to the Classroom of Children with Hearing Impairments : A Review, Bulletin of Tokyo Gakugei University: Educational sciences, 69(2), 221-227, 20180228
  23. Relationship between Linguistic Feature and Evaluation of Essays Written by Students with Hearing Impairment, Bulletin of Tokyo Gakugei University: Educational sciences, 69(2), 211-220, 20180228
  24. The Needs of Students with Hearing Impairments and their Supporters in the Educational Field Regarding Information Support with PC captioning, 46(2), 79-93, 20171130
  25. Some Features of Modality Usage in Writing by Children with Hearing Impairments, Bulletin of Tokyo Gakugei University. Educational sciences, 68(2), 203-209, 20170228
  26. Classification and Assessment of Essays Written by Deaf Students : Analysis Based on Multidimensional Data of Language Components, Bulletin of Tokyo Gakugei University. Educational sciences, 68(2), 193-202, 20170228
  27. Assessment of Compositions Written by Deaf Students : Analysis Based on Multidimensional Data of Language Components, 12, 89-96, 20160331
  28. Some Features of Writing Ability and it's Assessment on Children with Hearing Impairments : A Review, Bulletin of Tokyo Gakugei University. Educational sciences, 67(2), 155-164, 20160229
  29. Some Feature of Essays Written by Students with Hearing Impairments : Classification of Essays by Multidimensional Data Analysis, Bulletin of Tokyo Gakugei University. Educational sciences, 67(2), 135-144, 20160229
  30. The Use of Prosodic Information in English Articulation of Hearing-Impaired Children : Using Declarative and Interrogative Sentences, The Japanese journal of hearing and language disorders, 45(1), 1-9, 20160526

External Funds

Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds

  1. KAKENHI(Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists), 2022, 2026
  2. 2021, 2023
  3. 2023/04/01, 2026/03/31
  4. 2020, 2021
  5. 2020, 2021