Music Education Course, Secondary Education
Teachers providing education grounded in deep expertise in music
Building on a high level of expertise in music, we cultivate individuals who can enrich students' sensibilities and lead local music education through classroom practices based on theories of music education.
Prospective Students
- Individuals who have adequately acquired fundamental knowledge and skills in the subjects they took in high school.
- Individuals who have a love of humanity and are interested in acquiring the ability to communicate with other people.
- Individuals who have a strong interest in musical expression, and a strong ambition to develop practical teaching skills as a junior or senior high school music teacher.
Educational Goals 1
A curriculum that facilitates acquisition of the practical teaching skills required of teachers
Students start studying in their freshman year the fundamental skills necessary for conducting a music class, skills which must be gradually acquired with practice. From the second year, they deepen their understanding of both the practical and theoretical aspects of subject specialization. At the same time, in terms of subject pedagogy, they engage in the practical study of the education and classroom theories that apply to music as a subject, and the use of ICT in education. At the "Regular Concert" which is held every February, and planned and organized by the students themselves, they demonstrate the outcomes of their first year of study and reflect back on what they have learned.
Educational Goals 2
The instruction system where faculty members from subject specialization and subject pedagogy cooperate
Classes are held within a system that equips students with the ability to use the knowledge and skills learned in their subject specialization classes in the school classroom based on the theories of subject pedagogy. For example, many vocal and piano lessons are held in a format where performances in groups can be compared and critiqued by other students. This allows students to experience the actual processes introduced in the music education methods class by which children express themselves and acquire skills through the ingenuity of musical expression. When conducting mock classes or demonstration classes, we have a system whereby students receive advice from faculty members in both subject specialization and subject pedagogy.
Educational Goals 3
Four years of accumulated teaching practicum experience
To acquire practical teaching skills, students accumulate teaching practicum experience over their four years of university study, from an observation-based practicum (compulsory for freshmen) to experiential practicums (elective for sophomores), and through their basic teaching practicum (compulsory for juniors), and a supplementary practicum (elective for seniors). Efforts are made to connect each teaching practicum opportunity to the Music Education Course classes.
Areas of Study
Music Education, Musical Instrument (Piano, Percussion, Koto, Shamisen), Vocal Music, Musicology, Musical Composition