Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to develop "graphic score making" as a "constructive activity" in music appreciation class at junior high school, and to consider its characteristics as teaching material through analyzing its teaching-learning process. "Constructive activity," which is based on the concept of "occupation" by J. Dewey, is an educational method that reconstructs the inner world by having it interact with the reconstruction of the outer world. First, the methodology and content for developing "graphic score making" as a new teaching material is presented. Second, a discussion is given on the possibility of "graphic score making" having the nature of "constructive activity" as well as viable teaching material in music appreciation class. Third, the teaching-learning process of "graphic score making" is analyzed from the viewpoint of interaction between the inner world and the outer world, which is the basic structure of "constructive activity." Finally, the result of the analysis is discussed from the perspective of characteristics of "graphic score making" as teaching material. As a result, the characteristics of "graphic score making" are as follows: (1) "Graphic score making" is effective in having students become aware of the qualitative aspect of music because it lets the students externalize the image of music. (2) "Graphic score making" is effective in having students become aware of the relationships among different parts in music because it enables the students to grasp the music as a whole at a glance. (3) "Graphic score making" activates empathetic communication through a qualitative medium because it is the visualization of images.
