The Relationship of Media to the Problem-Solving Process in Multimedia Expression :

Case Study of an Instrumental Music Lesson

Abstract

  This study clarifies the relationship between media and the problem-solving process in the context of multimedia expression.

  First, we review the existing literature on “problem solving” and “expression” by Dewey and consider the relationship between the two variables. We also review the problem-solving process in multimedia expression. Second, we conducted an instrumental music lesson with multimedia expression as the teaching material and empirically analyzed how different media are related to one another in the process of expression reconstruction. Finally, we analyz the music lesson structure and consider the significance of using multimedia expression in problem-based learning, which took place in the course of the lesson.

  The following results were obtained. with regard to the role of media in the problem-solving process : 1) When one outer material turns resistant, solving the problem can create new resistance in terms of another outer material. 2) As the expression reconstruction process continues, multiple media become interlocked. 3) When multiple media become interlocked, all media are integrated.