保健室での音楽活用とその有用感に関する実態調査

A Survey of Music Application and Its Usefulness in School Infirmaries

要旨

　保健室での音楽活用の有用性を探ることを目的として、A県内の高等学校・特別支援学校に在勤している養護教諭152人を対象に、保健室での音楽活用に関する調査を行った。97人から回答協力が得られ、アンケートの回収率は63.8％であった。

　その結果、音楽を流した経験がある養護教諭は18.6％と有意に少なかった。音楽活用時の機器は「ラジカセ」、音楽ジャンルは「クラッシック」が最も多かった。また、音楽を流したことで、83.3％の養護教諭が有用な効果を認めた。効果の内容として「心のリラックス」「からだのリラックス」が際立っており、会話のきっかけや、喪失体験をした児童生徒への影響、情緒安定などの効果も認められた。また、これらの効果は、養護教諭だけではなく、児童生徒や養護教諭以外の教職員に対しても認められた。

　一方、自分自身のために音楽を聴いていた養護教諭は18.6％と有意に少なかったが、教諭自身への効果として「気分転換」「癒し」「リラックス」などの精神的側面を挙げていた。

　このように、保健室での音楽活用は、児童生徒、養護教諭以外の教職員、養護教諭にとって、より良い保健室環境づくりとして期待される。

Abstract

　We investigated the music application or use in the school infirmary, for the purpose of exploring its usefulness by means of questionnaires. The survey was carried out for 152 yogo-teachers(school nurses) of high schools and of special-support schools within the prefecture "A" in Japan. We got 97 answers out of 152 teachers and its collection rate was 63.8%.

　As a result, there were few teachers(18.6%) who have experienced to apply music in the school infirmary. The most available equipments used for playing the music were radio cassette recorders and the best preferred music was the classical music. Moreover, 83.3% of yogo-teachers reported the useful effect of music application in the school infirmary, mentally and physically. "Feeling relaxed" and "bodily relaxation" were the most conspicuous effects they mentioned, as well as effects like prompting high school students to have a conversation, caring for students who have loss experiences (either bereavement or separation from a parent)and making students emotionally stable. These effects were also recognized both for students themselves and for school staffs other than yogoteachers.

　However, statistically significantly few yogo-teachers(18.6%) listened music for themselves alone in the school infirmary, because of having an uneasy conscience in consideration of students coming in and other school staffs, in spite of appreciating the benefit of music for refreshment, healing and relaxing.

　In summary, music application in a school infirmary is considered to be much of help to make up the environment of the infirmary in good condition, mentally and physically, for all students and yogo-teachers as well as other school staffs.