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2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Children's musical creativity in developmental perspectives

Research Project

Project/Area Number 14310124
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Educaion
Research InstitutionNational University Corporation Tottori University (2003-2004)
Hiroshima University (2002)

Principal Investigator

OGAWA Yoko  Tottori University, Faculty of Regional Science, Professor, 地域学部, 教授 (20283963)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) ADACHI Mayumi  Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Letters, Associate Professor, 大学院・文学研究科, 助教授 (30301823)
Project Period (FY) 2002 – 2004
KeywordsCreative activity / Musical development / Interrelationship / Group discussions / Assessment of work / Content analysis / Discourse analysis
Research Abstract

In the first year, we reviewed the literature in the development of musical creativity, and conducted a survey targeted to elementary and junior-high school music teachers in Hiroshima, Tottori, and Yamanashi Prefectures. We also observed creative activities in music classrooms of Grades 2 and 4 in Hiroshima and Tottori Prefectures.
In the second year, we conducted multiple site case studies across and prefectures grades (grades 1,4, and 7 in Tottori, and grades 1 and 4 in Yamanashi). In these studies, students in each music classroom were divided into a group of four or five, and were asked to create a one-minute long music piece expressing their classroom teacher, using chime bars with mallets. Group discussions of one particular group in each class was videotaped throughout lessons. All groups performed in front of their classmates twice : once to share a draft version and then to present their final version. We analyzed verbal and gestural exchanges among group members by means of behavioral coding of videotaped group discussions to reveal developmental differences in how children create a music piece in a small group.
In the third year, we evaluated total of 60 final versions of music created by children and 3 additional pieces creative by college students using the same four-tone scales.

  • Research Products

    (7 results)

All 2005 2004

All Journal Article (7 results)

  • [Journal Article] Intuitive and analytical evaluations for group music compositions.2005

    • Author(s)
      M.Adachi, Y.Ogawa
    • Journal Title

      Musical Creativity in Culture and Mind

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] "Music for Moppets" and spontaneous musical play : A window for how young children learn music.2005

    • Author(s)
      M.Adachi
    • Journal Title

      5^<th> Asia-Pacific symposium on Music Education Research

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] "Music for Moppets" and spontaneous musical play : A window for how young children learn music.2005

    • Author(s)
      M.Adachi
    • Journal Title

      The 5^<th> Asia-Pacific symposium on Music Education Research

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 音楽で自己表現する「芽」をもって生まれる子ども達2004

    • Author(s)
      安達真由美
    • Journal Title

      初等教育資料 平成16年3月号 No.779

      Pages: 56-59

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] グループ活動にみる作曲プロセスの発達-小1・小4・中1におけるフィールド実験を通して-2004

    • Author(s)
      安達真由美, 小川容子
    • Journal Title

      日本音楽教育学会 第35回大会プログラム

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Children born with expressive potentials in music.2004

    • Author(s)
      M.Adachi
    • Journal Title

      Shoto-kyoiku Shiryo 779

      Pages: 56-59

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] The developmental process of creative activity among group performances : The case study of Grade 1^<st>,4^<th> and 7^<th> students.2004

    • Author(s)
      M.Adachi, Y.Ogawa
    • Journal Title

      The 35^<th> Japanese Music Education Research

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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Published: 2006-07-11  

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