The Structure of a “Warabeuta” Lesson Based on Students Reexperiencing This in a Teacher Training Program for Nursery and Primary School Teachers :

Aiming to Develop of Music Classes as a “Similar Form of Children's Learning”

Abstract

  This study aims to not only devise a lesson structure based on the experience of college students reexperiencing “Warabeuta,” which many students sang in their childhood. These students are taking music classes that train nursery and primary school teachers. In addition, the study also aims to verify the effectiveness of the lesson structures. A practical research method was adopted. First, I planned and practiced music lessons with an emphasis on the experience of playing “Warabeuta” for the first time since their childhood. Next, I analyzed video recordings of classes, student descriptions, and interviews with students. Finally, I verified the effectiveness of the devised lesson structure.

  From the research, the effectiveness of all four perspectives of the lesson structure was recognized : 1) Using “Warabeuta” songs that students have knowledge of and play experience with ; 2) Consisting of two activities, namely, “re-experience of play” and “reconstruction of play” ; 3) Setting up activities to recognize the characteristics of “Warabeuta” after the experience of playing again ; and 4) Setting up mock practice sessions after the activities to understand the characteristics of “Warabeuta.”