The Practical Research on Teaching Material Development about Traditional Japanese Culture

日本的教育政策中已经指出了日本传统文化教学的重要性，但是日本传统文化教学的教材和方法却很少，尤其是日本传统舞蹈“日本舞”。本研究的目的是开发有关日本传统文化的教材，通过体育课程的试点教育实践来展示这些教材，并将其扩展到以“日本舞艺”身体技术为重点的综合学习。第一年，回顾了以前的研究和当前的实践。首先，对以往有关“日本传统文化”的研究文献进行了回顾，并对“身体技术”进行了考察，随后对专业练习者的实际表演进行了访谈，以进行实际观察。第二年，从人体运动学的角度对作为“日本传统文化”的一种形式普遍出现的日本舞艺“身体技术”进行了动作分析。例如，通过对“日本步”的行走动作--“足之步”的练习，了解到这是一种特殊的行走方法，通过保持重心低、双腿弯曲、腰部低，使身体的其他部位保持相同的姿势。第三年，根据往年的文献综述，制定了试点教学计划和教材。身体技术的访谈和机理分析。它们是在日本舞艺作为一种传统文化形式的重要性及其身体技术的基础上发展起来的。教学计划和教材已在中学和大学的课堂上进行了试点研究。从日本传统文化的实践者Vantage对研究结果进行了全面的回顾。本研究的详细内容在一本小册子中进行了报道。

Importance of teaching traditional Japanese culture has been pointed out in Japanese education policy; however there are few materials and methods on teaching traditional Japanese culture, especially Japanese traditional dance, "Nihon-buyoh". The aim of this study was to develop teaching materials about traditional Japanese culture, demonstrate them by a pilot education practice on a physical education program, and to expand them to integrated studies focusing on "Nihon-buyoh" body techniques.In the first year, prior researches and current practices were reviewed. First, literatures of prior researches conducted on "traditional Japanese culture" were reviewed, and “body techniques" were examined, followed by interviews on professional practitioners on actual performances, for practical observation.In the second year, movement analyses on Nihon-buyoh "body techniques" that commonly appear as a form of "Japanese traditional culture" were conducted from kinesiological aspects. For example, performance of Ashi-no-hakobi, or a walking movement, of "Nihon-buyoh," was examined, and it has been learned that this is a peculiar walking method that keeps the other parts of the body in the same position by keeping the body weight center low with legs bent and waist low.In the third year, a pilot teaching plan and teaching materials were developed based on prior years' reviews on literatures, interviews and mechanism analysis on body techniques. They were developed with an eye on significance of Nihon-buyoh as a form of traditional culture, and on its body techniques. The teaching plan and materials were put into practice for a pilot study in classrooms of secondary school and university. The results were comprehensively reviewed with a vantage point of a practitioner of Japanese traditional culture as well.The details of this research are reported in a booklet.