Database of Teaching Materials and Methods for Special Needs Education

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Target	Junior high school students with visual impairment (students with low vision or who entirely rely on tactile perception)
Disability category	visual impairment
Teaching units / Applicable scenes	music
Specific purposes	The diagram helps students enjoy music played by an orchestra by having an idea of where each instrument is positioned and listening to how the sounds of the instruments playing the phrases harmonize with each other by visualizing the space in their mind.
Considerations for disability characteristics	The diagram was prepared so that both students with low vision and those who entirely rely on tactile perception can use. ・ Corrugated cardboards of bright colors were used. ・ Buttons were used to represent instruments. The sizes of the buttons were altered according to the size of each instrument.
Expected effects and results	The diagram is expected to facilitate students listen to the sounds of each instrument in the orchestra.
How to use	Explain that the diagram depicts how the instruments are positioned on the stage when they are seen from the top, and ask students to imagine how the sounds of each instrument might be heard from the seats.
Related teaching materials and information	Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C minor printed in Kyoiku Geijutu-sha’s textbook “Junior High School Music 2 and 3”
Useful for other students

Informant NAGAYAMA Kaori, Special Needs Education School for the Visually, Impaired, University of Tsukuba
Keywords music, materials for teaching music appreciation, orchestra
Translator MAKUUCHI Yuko