The Role of Supporting for Learning of Subject in School by Jigsaw Method and Utilizing School Library-Collaboration of School Library and School Music Education(music appreciation)

Abstract

In this study, a music class at a junior high school introduces coordinated activity by the collaboration between a teacher and school library (the Jigsaw Method) in music appreciation. The research investigates what kind of changes the students show through such a type of lesson that they experience for the first time. From the point of teacher’s view, the study reveals the evaluation of this lesson support, and what sort of issues it contains. As a result, the lesson support of the school librarian that introduces the book materials and the Jigsaw Method, the teachers obtain a sense of accomplishment more than they expected in the area of learning attitudes and learning contents of the students. Therefore, this research concludes that it is obvious that they have effectiveness in the learning support program which introduces the active learning into the learning support by school library.