지적장애인을 위한 전환교육형 국 · 공립 특수학교 공간구성에 관한 연구

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to propose a design direction for transition education-type national and public special schools for individuals with intellectual disabilities. There is a shortage of institutions and criteria for the design of special schools compared with the rapid development of special education. There are no criteria to issue budgets needed to found a special school, either. Since the number of candidates for special education has continued to rise, there should be designs proper for each type of people with disabilities. When designing a special school, it is required to consider that people with disabilities have many more needs and request more protection than people with no disabilities due to their characteristics. However, only simple construction statutes are applied to the design of special schools, which means there are no big differences between special and common schools. When designed in that way, special schools cannot accommodate the needs of people with disabilities and fail to take the positions of their users(the disabled) into account. It is thus needed to provide the disabled with educational environments fit for their types of disabilities and sophisticated and differentiated spaces so that they can be members of the society. The central and local governments should take a leading role in setting those criteria.