Practical Study on Music Education to Arouse Children's Artistic Sensibility: Inspired by a Swiss Education Program

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25381214
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Education on school subjects and activities
• Research Institution: Kagoshima University
• Principal Investigator: KON Yukari 鹿児島大学, 法文教育学域教育学系, 准教授 (40440838)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 音楽教育 / 小学校 / 感性 / スイス / リトミック

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Music education in primary schools is different from that undertaken by those aspiring to become professional musicians in that it aims to arouse children’s artistic sensibility. The current study determines the type of music education that arouses children’s artistic sensibility and the effectiveness of such a music education program. Data were collected by observing music classes in public primary schools in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. Moreover, the study investigated the possibility of implementing a similar music education program in Japanese schools.

Free Research Field

音楽教育