Development of Music Teacher's Expertise in Germany

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25780530
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Education on school subjects and activities
• Research Institution: Hiroshima University
• Principal Investigator: Ito Shin 広島大学, 教育学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (70455046)
• Research Collaborator: MIYAZAKI NOBORU Deutsch Japanisch Informationsbuero, Chief Consaltant ; Jasper Christiane Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg, Landesinstitut fuer Lehrerbildung und Schulentwicklung, Fachseminarleitung Musik ; Huss Theodor Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg, Behoerde fuer Schule und Berufsbildung, Fachreferent Musik ; Vogt Juergen Universitaet Hamburg, Prof. Dr. ; Hochstein Wolfgang Hochschule fuer Musik und Theater Hamburg, Prof. Dr.
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 教員養成 / 音楽科 / ドイツ / 専門性 / 教授能力 / 自律性

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to reveal the system and process of highly professional music teacher training in Germany. In Hamburg, pre-service teachers study music intensively in Hamburg music college, and they also study pedagogy and didactics in Hamburg university in parallel. After 4-year bachelor and 2-year master program, they work at some schools on probation with special seminars on teachership and subject content for 18 months in the institut of teacher training . After that, they have to pass the national exam for teachers. The exam consists of 4 sections; pedagogical behavior in schools, lesson practice, a written assignment based on their own practice, and oral exam. In the process of the long-term training, pre-service music teachers develop their expertness on teaching, and acquire great autonomy to teaching.

Free Research Field

音楽教育学