Re-evaluation of the educational values of stunts in developmental and motor fitness perspective

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K12975
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Developmental mechanisms and the body works
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University of Education
• Principal Investigator: Itaya Atsushi 北海道教育大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (40649068)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 組体操 / 姿勢制御 / 感覚統合機能 / 環境順応性 / 発達 / 教育価値

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study re-evaluated the educational values of stunts in developmental and motor fitness perspectives with understanding stunts as activities in which we must keep our posture stable in interactions with unstable others' bodies. Results revealed that the weight of visual inputs in the sensory integration system involving postural control significantly decreased immediately after simple triad stunts; further, regular practice for a month led to a decrease in the weight of lower limb somatosensory inputs. Additionally, shortly after the stunts play we developed, preschoolers could maintain their postural balance longer in the one-legged stance with eyes closed than before. These results suggest that even simple triad stunts can induce adaptations in the postural control system and improve adaptabilities against environmental changes.

Free Research Field

スポーツ健康科学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は組体操を不安定な相手の身体とのかかわり合いの中で姿勢を維持する活動と捉えることで，簡単な組体操を実施することで姿勢制御における環境適応性を向上させる効果を発見した．本研究の結果，組体操の教材的価値が多面的になり，行い方や評価法に多様性が生まれる新たな視点を提供できた．すなわち，高度な組体操作品を完成させることを目指すのではない行い方，および作品の難度や出来映えに縛られない評価観点を提示した．実際に，新しい組体操遊びプログラムを提案し，新しいトレーニングやレクレーションの方法論を開発した．これらは，国民の豊かなスポーツライフの実現に貢献することにも繋がると考えられる．