Designing a dance instruction program that encourages the verbalization of images and movements

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K14215
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 09040:Education on school subjects and primary/secondary education-related
• Research Institution: Niigata Chuoh Junior College (2023); Niigata University of Health and Welfare (2019-2022)
• Principal Investigator: WAKAI YURI 新潟中央短期大学, 幼児教育科, 講師 (20644040)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: ダンス指導プログラム / イメージ / 動き / 言語化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study was designed to help improve the quality of dance instruction among teachers in educational settings. An initial survey of current teachers revealed that the reasons for a lack of enthusiasm for dance instruction vary depending on the instructor's level of expertise, with inexperienced teachers finding it difficult to create lessons and interact with students, while experienced teachers find it difficult to teach in a way that elicits diverse and original movements. Furthermore, this dance instruction program, created through participant observation of dance coaching settings and dance-related training sessions, involves the task of verbalizing during physical activities, and it was found that going through the process of putting images and movement characteristics into words provides an effective clue for students to diversify and express their movements.

Free Research Field

舞踊方法論

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

体育における「表現運動・ダンス」は種目特性から子どもの「心」と「体」を一体に捉えることができる領域として注目されているものの、その具体的方法は曖昧で教えにくく、指導法については戸惑いの声が多く挙げられる。これまでダンス指導に対する複数の不安要素が挙げられてきた中で、本研究では教師の熟練度別にみられるダンス指導への困難さを整理することができた。また困難さの一要因に関連して、イメージや動きを繋ぐ言語活動に着目したダンス指導プログラムは、学習者だけでなく指導者にとっても、動きの工夫を可視化していく際に有効的なアプローチとなりうることから、特に技能面の発展において今後の有益な基礎的資料となるであろう。