Developing Education Program of Music- Making Activities to Enhance Creativity

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23531024
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Educaion
• Research Institution: J. F. Oberlin University
• Principal Investigator: KIMURA Mitsuko 桜美林大学, 芸術・文化学系, 講師 (60550879)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): IMAGAWA Kyoko 聖心女子大学, 文学部, 准教授 (80389882) ; KOH Hanako 愛知教育大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (70282811) ; KOYAMA Noriko 就実大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (10454852) ; ISHIKAWA Masae 静岡大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (80436691) ; SAIKI Mikiko 田園調布学園大学, 子ども未来学部, 講師 (40586418) ; YAMAHARA Makiko 東京家政学院大学, 現代生活学部, 准教授 (10529952)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 音楽教育 / 創造性 / 音楽づくり

Outline of Final Research Achievements

With the objective of developing an education program of music-making activities to enhance creativity, this research started off revisiting the concept of creativity through observation of music-making activities of infants, elementary school pupils, and students of teacher-training college. It continued on observing music-making activities in the field, practicing hypothesis (delivering trial education program of music-making), and undertaking questionnaire survey of teachers regarding creativity. The main finding from the research was that creativity be demonstrated in the processes of 1) searching sounds that they really want to make through playing with and trying materials, objects, and sounds around them, 2) associating and collaborating with other people, and 3) making try-and-error under appropriate restrictions.

Free Research Field

音楽教育学