Journal of the Study of School Music Educational Practice
Online ISSN : 2432-1699
Print ISSN : 1342-9043
The study of putting traditional Japanese songs, such as Warabeuta, into the class
Yuka SAIJYO
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2008 Volume 12 Pages 205-215

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The purpose of this report is to show how to develop the lesson plan while motivating students playing Warabeuta. There are four parts of this report. (1) To study the educational essence of Warabeuta, and to plan how we can put the play into the class from the previous studies. (2) To summarize the research and the practice of Warabeuta as a teaching material. (3) To analyze the research and the practice focusing on "how the students'reaction to Warabeuta has been changed in plays and in the structured activities" This research especially focuses on how they study the elements of music and the students' energy while they study. (4) A conclusion based on the analysis of the main parts. The conclusions are as follows: There are four points of this lesson plan. At first, set up the time to (1) "play" and (2) "review the play". Then, set up the time to (3) "do the structured activities" and (4) "review the structured activities". Students can learn without losing the energy of Warabeuta play by combining the activities and reviewing the activities. When students to the review, their energy of the play is transferred to their interests in the music. Those interests promote the perception, feeling of the elements of music, and it leads to the student's higher consciousness of music. Consequently those four activities show a relationship to each other. Further studies are needed on how to develop a lesson plan with other different elements of music.
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