The Making of Warabeuta [children's song] in Special Support Education

―About the Establishment of Collaborative Learning―

Abstract

  The purpose of this study to, how to establish collaborative learning in special support class of elementary school by using a traditional Japanese instrument called a koto to make a nursery rhyme and analyze the practice from the viewpoint of the relationship between childpeers.

  Concerning the research method, first consider what “collaborative learning” is, then describe the concept of research lessons to realize collaborative learning. Then, the outline of the research class will be shown, and a practical analysis will be conducted from the viewpoint of the relationship between childpeers. Finally, the analysis results are viewed from the perspective of reciprocal relationships and the reconstruction of experience, and how collaborative learning is established in special needs education.

  The result is as follows.

In this practice, the relationships between childpeers can be considered as the common experience for making a song about marble chocolate as the target, the sharing of questions about the target, and the form of making a song by connecting phrases.

  The future task is to study collaborative learning in special needs education, including the relationship between children and teachers.