Construction of a model of remote session for school music education and cerebrophysiological investigation using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24650550
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Educational technology
• Research Institution: Shinshu University
• Principal Investigator: SAITO Tadahiko 信州大学, 学術研究院教育学系, 教授 (10313818)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 遠隔セッション

Outline of Final Research Achievements

A “remote session” refers to playing music with people at a remote place via a high-speed communication network. In this study, the significance of having a remote session in school music education was investigated, and concrete models were proposed. One of the models involved connecting junior high schools in Japan and Korea via an optical line and the students in Japan and Korea singing together to a piano accompaniment. This proposed activity was performed in practice.
A cerebrophysiological investigation was conducted by experimentally assuming two situations of remote and face-to-face sessions and measuring the cerebral blood flow by near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). The resultant cerebral blood flow in the prefrontal area did not differ between the two.

Free Research Field

音楽教育