A Study of Generation of Empathic Physical Experience and “Modeling Self-Transformation” by Hammering Metal Materials:

Development Practice and Analytic Consideration of Class for High School Students

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to develop and practice a lesson whereby high school students used metal materials, and to clarify the learning process in which they interact with these materials, tools and other people. First, through the narratives and workshops of metal craftsman, Hashimoto Masayuki and sculptor Tawa Keizo, the participants grasped the characteristics of formative activities in which they dedicated themselves to the relationship between the materials and methods. Next, they practiced a metal forging class where they interacted with materials, tools, and friends who shared the same work space. It consisted of hammering metal materials, appreciating and discussing the objects, and exhibiting them in a local museum. Through this analysis, I clarified the process of learning to generate empathetic physical experiences created with others and the modeling self-transformation of creating their own methods and objects integrally, and the mutual appreciation of the meaning of objects.