Examining the proficiency process of music teachers: through a comparison of the classroom practices of teachers with different years of experience

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K21029
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Education on school subjects and activities; Educational psychology
• Research Institution: Waseda University (2017-2019); Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (2016)
• Principal Investigator: Ichikawa Megumi 早稲田大学, 教育・総合科学学術院, 講師(任期付) (70773307)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 音楽科授業研究

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, through a comparison of classroom practices based on the same instructional plan of several teachers with different years of experience, I have been working to clarify various aspects of music teachers' proficiency and the process of proficiency.Utilizing the concept of adaptive proficiency in the study of proficiency, I have longitudinally observed and analyzed the practices of several teachers.
The results revealed that one aspect of the process of adaptive proficiency is the transformation of teaching styles from the establishment of musical learning through unidirectional communication to a stage in which lessons are developed through the flexible generation and operation of multimodal classroom discourse in interaction with children, sound and music.

Free Research Field

音楽教育学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究によって，音楽科教師は，自身の身体感覚を顧みつつ，ジェスチャー，姿勢，視線，表情などさまざまな情報を組み合わせ，子どもとの相互作用の中で，マルチモーダルな教室談話を柔軟に運用していることが明らかとなった。このような音楽科におけるコミュニケーションは，教師－子ども間だけでなく，子ども同士においても成立している可能性が大いに示唆される。教室談話におけるマルチモダリティへの着目は，音楽科における授業研究方法としてのひとつの方向性を示すものであり，今後，子どもの音楽の学びをより精緻にとらえるために重要な視点であると言えるだろう。