Developing and Practicing Expressive Education Programs for Early Childfood Education.Case Examples and adaptation of France, America and Japan.

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26381106
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Education
• Research Institution: Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen University
• Principal Investigator: Ogasawara Fumi 広島文化学園大学, 学芸学部, 准教授 (10585269)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 表現教育 / 音楽療法 / インクルーシブ教育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

By focusing on the case studies in the expressive activities of young children in France, the United States and Japan, particularly on the practical activities for promoting the mutual understanding between children with disabilities and healthy children, the author of this study developed, implemented and verified the Expressive Education Programs, based on the interchange between formative expressions and music therapy in early childhood education, which had been carried out with the goal to nurture the ability of self expression, the ability to understand and communicate with others in the earliest stage of their group life.
This study was highly acclaimed in the workshops in Japan and the US, as well as in the international symposiums and forums in Japan and France.

Free Research Field

乳幼児教育