Oie Mayumi
International Journal of Creativity in Music Education, 9 55-65, 2020 Peer-reviewed
The purpose of the present study was to suggest collaborative learning in music lessons for junior high school students using the Japanese traditional instrument koto to enhance effective student guidance. By sharing and playing a koto as a duo, students can collaborate and cooperate to create harmony and help each other. This method leads to enhancing student guidance in music lessons for returnees from abroad, students who have roots abroad, and others with visual, hearing, and physical impairments. Further, as the final goal it attains the initial UNESCO SDG4 Target 4-5, “elimination for all discrimination education,” including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations, and secondly, UNESCO SDG4 Targets 4-7, “education for sustainable development and global citizenship,” which include among others through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and nonviolence, global citizenship, and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution.