A Research on the Cultivation of Competence in German School Music Education

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26381190
• 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: Shinshu University
• Principal Investigator: NAKAJIMA Takao 信州大学, 学術研究院教育学系, 教授 (20293491)
• Research Collaborator: Krämer Oliver Hochschule für Musik und Theater Rostock, Professor ; Riedel Michael Droste-Hueshoff-Schule, Gymnasium, Schoolteacher ; Siegel Mirko Droste-Hueshoff-Schule, Gymnasium, Schoolteacher ; Gatemann Kristen Droste-Hueshoff-Schule, Gymnasium, Schoolteacher
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 音楽 / ドイツ / 海外研究者交流

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to clarify the level of competence for music in the contents of Abitur which is required on the graduation from high school in Germany.
Various sorts of competence －competence to read and write musical score, to analyze the shape and the form (Gestalt) of musical work, to understand musical piece through the comments by composer or musicologist, to recognize music in social context from various points of view－they achieve extremely high level. That is to say, they make students understand music through listening, pointing out some objective facts in scores and discussing by using the specialized and very broad knowledge. The contents of Abitur exam has much more expanse and requires incomparably higher standard and more capacity than the music education in our country.

Free Research Field

音楽教育