The , formerly the , is a public school for the deaf in ,

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, managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education. It was the first Deaf educational program to be established in the eastern capital during the

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History

The Tokyo School for the Deaf was established in 1880. Initially, the school adopted a manual teaching method, despite international trends towards oralism. In 1897, the director was Shinpachi Konishi. In 1915, alumni of the Tokyo School for the Deaf founded the Japanese Association of the Deaf. This organization was the precursor of the

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. 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.

Program

Currently, the Central School for the Deaf serves students in two Tokyo venues: Shakuji Campus (石神井校舎) in

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and Otsuka Campus (大塚校舎) in

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. Otsuka is now . In September 2010, some of the Tokyo faculty and students begin participating in an exchange program with their counterparts at

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in Rochester, New York. "US-Japan Foundation Funds Project at NTID,"
''NTID News.'' May 26, 2010.

Notes

References

* Erting, Carol. J. (1994). ''The Deaf Way: Perspectives from the International Conference on Deaf Culture'' (1989). Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press.
OCLC 260213909

External links

Tokyo Central School for the Deaf
Education in Tokyo Educational institutions established in 1880 Schools for the deaf in Japan 1880 establishments in Japan {{Japan-school-stub