Arts-Based Methods in Education Research in Japan

Kayoko Komatsu, Ph.D. (2004), University of Tokyo, is Professor of Nagaoka Institute of Design. She has published monographs and articles on art and education, including The Possibilities of Art Education: Creative Practice and Arts-Based Research (in Japanese, Keiso Shobo 2018).Kikuko Takagi, Ph.D. (2019), University of Tokyo, is Project Assistant Professor of Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at that university. She has published articles on art creation processes in journals such as Cognitive Studies: Bulletin of the Japanese Cognitive Science Society.Hiroaki Ishiguro, Ph.D. (1994), Keio University, is Professor of Educational Psychology at Rikkyo University. He has published many books and articles on human learning and development including What Do Children Learn in Their Classrooms (in Japanese, University of Tokyo Press, 2016).Takeshi Okada, Ph.D. (1994), Carnegie Mellon University, is Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Tokyo. He has published several books and many articles on artistic creativity, including Multidisciplinary Approaches to Art Learning and Creativity (Routledge, 2020).

• PrefaceList of Figures and Tables1 Art = Research: Inquiry in Creative PracticeKayoko Komatsu and Ryoji Namai2 Arts-Based Research Practices in Sociology: Undergraduate and Graduate Degree EducationMasayuki Okahara and Alena Prusakova3 What Arts-Based Research and A/r/tography Allow for Art Education in Teacher Training and Education in JapanKoichi Kasahara4 ABR by Learners in Liberal Arts: A Case Study of Artist Eiko Otake’s “Delicious Movement”Yuka Hayashi and Takeshi Okada5 Exploring as an Artist: A Study of a Practical Arts Course for Non-Arts-Major Students at a Japanese UniversityKikuko Takagi and Shijun Wang6 Constructing Design Guidelines for a Creation-Focused Contemporary Dance Educational Program for Non-Dance MajorsYuko Nakano and Takeshi Okada7 Music-Based/Inspired Scientific Research and Liberal Arts EducationKazutoshi Kudo and Kiyomi Toyoda8 Developing University Students’ Creativity through Participation in Art ProjectsTakumitsu Agata and Shingo Jinno9 The Possibility of Museum Theatre in Japan: From Hands-on to “Minds-on” through Drama WorkYuriko Kobayashi10 Why Can Girls Perform as Boys But Boys Reject Performing as Girls? Mapping Affects in Gender Crossing through Theater Performance in JapanYuko Kawashima11 Drama Workshop with Scenario-Writing for Transnational Children: What They Know in Their Everyday and School LivesHiroaki IshiguroIndex