メーソンと京都旅行 : 音楽教育史研究ノート(3)

It is well known that Luther whiting Mason had a great contribution to music education in Japan. During his stay in Japan, Mason took a trip to Kyoto to visit Kyoto Prefectural School for the Visually Impaired and the Speech-impaired, which Tashiro Furukawa had founded. The school was highly estimated as the first school for physically challenged people in Japan in the modern era. Mason also highly praised Furukawa and his educational principles. Furukawa\u27s school should be evaluated from the point of view on the education of physically challenged people of those days in the world

音楽取調掛とメーソン(音楽教育史研究ノートII) : メーソンからの書簡

In 1879 Meiji government established the Japan music academy at the Ministry of Education. Mason, an American music instructor, came to Japan at the invitation of the government. As a result, the basis of music education of Japan was constructed. Mason who was engaged as the first music instructor in Japan, however, suddenly returned to his country in order to revise his book that had been published in America, but at that time the employment contract had not been concluded. In this manuscript, Mason\u27s concern with the music education of Japan can be investigated by a study of Mason\u27s letters addressed to Shuji Izawa, the chief of Japan music academy

短大幼稚園教員養成における実践力育成（2） : 学生及び幼稚園管理職者への質問紙調査結果から

The purpose of this research was to search for the way to improve the curriculum for the junior college students to have the practicing abilities for the kindergarten teacher and the nursery teacher. Two studies were conducted. One was a questionnaire investigation executed for the college students who attended the class "practicum in the teaching profession". The other was a questionnaire and interview investigation done for the executive job of the kindergarten; it was consisted of the question items concerning the problem of teachers’ abilities at the first few years, the ability formation requested for child care workers, and the matter requested for the training organizations. The following was shown from the first research. It was a problem to promote the practice power of the children’s expression activities. The factors obtained as the effects of the class were the formation of the ability of the child care including the human nature, the formation of the ability to take care of the group, and the interpersonal relationship ability. It was shown that practicing course content had brought basic power and confidence as the child care worker. The second research showed that the ability formation at the first few years was a key, and cultivating the base of the ability formation of“ reflection” in the teacher training was important. Moreover, the ability to understand child’s developing process, the ability to make teaching plan, and the skill of piano and expression were pointed out as an expectation for the university more than before

短大幼稚園教員養成における実践力育成 : 予備調査結果から

The purpose of the entire this research is to clarify the problem of the curriculum at the teacher training course in the junior college, and to develop the curriculum with making evaluation system about the curriculum. As a first step for that, this preliminary investigation was done to comparing the junior college student’s self-evaluation with the university student. The questionnaire investigation was executed before and after the class. It was shown that the university student was more intrinsic interested and more positive coping with their own problem. Also, it was shown the college student needed more practicing contents. The improved syllabus of “Practicum in the Teaching Profession” was presented based on this research results