The Process of Learning and Creation Through Collaborative Activities in Improvisational Performances

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26780352
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Educational psychology
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: SHIMIZU Daichi 東京大学, 大学院教育学研究科(教育学部), 特任助教 (00724486)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 身体表現芸術 / 協働活動 / 相互作用 / 学習 / 熟達 / 即興表現活動 / 創造性

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research was to collect detailed and empirical data about the collaborative activities among the performers in breakdance that was good example of improvisational performance activity, and to investigate the complicated influences brought by those collaborative activities. For its purpose, we conducted fieldwork and experiment (1) on collaborative activities by two expert performers, (2) on those activities by one expert and one novice performers, (3) on those activities by three expert performers, (4) for generating the new methods and perspectives to analyze the performances. Results showed that the performers actively generated the new patterns of performances through interactions with others such as adopting and developing the performances of others.

Free Research Field

教育心理学