Beautiful tone, Beautiful heart - En jämförande studie av Suzukipedagogiken i Japan och Sverige
(2014) MUHD08 20151Malmö Academy of Music
- Abstract
- This study deals with a subject that is much discussed among music teachers and violinists around the world: The Suzuki method and its cultural connection to the Asian and Japanese philosophies. It is a comparative study between Japan and Sweden and the Suzuki method in each country. Are there any differences in how it is being practiced and taught, and in that case why? This topic is interesting for musicians and Suzuki teachers and students, but also for those who are interested in cultural differences in general – especially between East and West. This study has been performed in both Japan and Sweden. It is based primarily on my observations and interviews in Japan at The Talent Education Research Institute, The Tokyo Suzuki... (More)
- This study deals with a subject that is much discussed among music teachers and violinists around the world: The Suzuki method and its cultural connection to the Asian and Japanese philosophies. It is a comparative study between Japan and Sweden and the Suzuki method in each country. Are there any differences in how it is being practiced and taught, and in that case why? This topic is interesting for musicians and Suzuki teachers and students, but also for those who are interested in cultural differences in general – especially between East and West. This study has been performed in both Japan and Sweden. It is based primarily on my observations and interviews in Japan at The Talent Education Research Institute, The Tokyo Suzuki Association and Tachibana School, and in Sweden at Umeå musikskola and Lunds kulturskola. The result section describes the relationship between interviews and observations but also the relationship between the informant’s ways of relating to the subject of Suzuki training in different countries. My final discussion describes my own horizon of understanding as half Japanese and half Swedish. One of my conclusions is that while every country has different opinions about children and their abilities it would be good to integrate the Japanese focus on sound production and the integrative view of the pedagogy as a means to personal development of the individual into Suzuki pedagogy in Sweden. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Detta arbete tar upp ett ämne som ofta diskuteras bland musiklärare och violinister runt om i världen: Suzukipedagogiken och dess ursprung i den asiatiska, och då i synnerhet den Japanska kulturen. Studien jämför Japan och Sverige och Suzukipedagogiken i respektive land. Finns det några skillnader i hur den utövas i respektive land, och vilka skillnader rör det sig om i sådana fall? Ämnet är intressant för musiker samt Suzukilärare och deras elever, men också för den som är intresserad av kulturella skillnader i allmänhet. Studien har utförts i både Japan och Sverige. Den baseras i första hand på mina observationer vid the Talent Education Research Institute, Tokyo Suzuki Association och Tachibana School i Japan, samt Umeå Musikskola och... (More)
- Detta arbete tar upp ett ämne som ofta diskuteras bland musiklärare och violinister runt om i världen: Suzukipedagogiken och dess ursprung i den asiatiska, och då i synnerhet den Japanska kulturen. Studien jämför Japan och Sverige och Suzukipedagogiken i respektive land. Finns det några skillnader i hur den utövas i respektive land, och vilka skillnader rör det sig om i sådana fall? Ämnet är intressant för musiker samt Suzukilärare och deras elever, men också för den som är intresserad av kulturella skillnader i allmänhet. Studien har utförts i både Japan och Sverige. Den baseras i första hand på mina observationer vid the Talent Education Research Institute, Tokyo Suzuki Association och Tachibana School i Japan, samt Umeå Musikskola och Lunds Kulturskola i Sverige. I resultatkapitlet redogörs för informanternas relation till Suzukipedagogiken och deras tankar kring Suzukiutbildning i olika länder. Vidare dras samband mellan intervjuerna och de observationer jag gjort under studiens gång. I slutdiskussionen ger jag min egen synvinkel som både japansk och svensk. Min slutsats är att även om varje land har olika syn på barn och deras förmågor så vore det önskvärt att integrera den japanska tonvikten på tonbildning och den helhetssyn på pedagogiken som en väg till personlig utveckling för individen i svensk Suzukipedagogik. (Less)
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- author
- Ottosson, Michaela LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- MUHD08 20151
- year
- 2014
- type
- M3 - Professional qualifications ( - 4 Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Personal Development. Utbildningsvetenskap, Instrumental teaching, Cross-cultural studies, Violin, Suzuki Method, Music pedagogy, Educational sciences, Personlig utveckling., Instrumentundervisning, Kultur, Musikpedagogik, Suzukimetoden
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 5435335
- date added to LUP
- 2015-08-21 16:55:26
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- 2015-08-21 16:55:26
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author = {{Ottosson, Michaela}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Beautiful tone, Beautiful heart - En jämförande studie av Suzukipedagogiken i Japan och Sverige}},
year = {{2014}},
}