The tactile reading systems in East Asia: missionaries, colonialism, and unintended consequences.

In the late nineteenth century, Protestant missionaries introduced modern education for the blind people in Taiwan and Korea. They developed various tactile reading systems to enhance literacy and provided handicraft training for self-sufficiency. When these regions came under Japanese colonial rule...

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Published in:	Paedagogica Historica Vol. 60; no. 4; pp. 616 - 634
Main Author:	Chiu, Tasing
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Aug2024
Subjects:	Education of blind people Special education History of education Braille education Literacy East Asia
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