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Download full textKapodistria, Loukia; Chatzopoulos, Dimitris; Chomoriti, Katerina; Lykesas, Georgios; Lola, Afroditi – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2021
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a Greek traditional dance programme on sensorimotor synchronization (SMS) and reaction time on primary school children (6.41 ± 0.41 yr.). We randomly assigned 61 children to either the dance group (31 children, 15 boys, 16 girls, 6.42 ± 0.40 yr.), who took part in a dance programme of 12…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dance Education, Perceptual Motor Learning, Reaction Time
Direct linkKoch, Sabine C.; Mehl, Laura; Sobanski, Esther; Sieber, Maik; Fuchs, Thomas – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
From the 1970s on, case studies reported the effectiveness of therapeutic mirroring in movement with children with autism spectrum disorder. In this feasibility study, we tested a dance movement therapy intervention based on mirroring in movement in a population of 31 young adults with autism spectrum disorder (mainly high-functioning and…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Movement Education, Motion
Marigliano, Michelle L.; Russo, Michele J. – Young Children, 2011
Creative movement is an ideal way to help young children develop critical-thinking and problem-solving skills. Most young children are, by nature, extremely physical. They delight in exploring the world with their bodies and expressing their ideas and feelings through movement. During creative movement experiences, children learn to think before…
Descriptors: Movement Education, Nonverbal Communication, Dance Education, Young Children
Dow, Connie Bergstein – Young Children, 2010
Children move the instant they are born and the moment they wake up every morning. Moving is one of the first and most important ways infants and toddlers explore and learn about the world, and this process continues as they grow and develop. Research shows that movement and exercise can spark the growth of new brain cells and facilitate learning…
Descriptors: Dance, Young Children, Movement Education, Creativity
Seitz, Jay A. – Journal of Aesthetic Education, 2002
While much has been written about dance, its role in education has been elusive. One thing is clear, though. What distinguishes dance from other forms of movement, action, and activity is the context in which dance or "aesthetic movement" is performed and appreciated by others. This includes both the way dance is thought about and evaluated by…
Descriptors: Motion, Psychomotor Skills, Dance Education, Aesthetics
Koff, Susan R. – Quest, 2005
Dance Education can be considered an aspect of everyday living when using the correct definition of dance education. Rather than referring to the rarified form of movement that we encounter on the concert stage, dance education is the education of our moving selves with the goal as self expression. This can be initiated as an aspect of the initial…
Descriptors: Self Expression, Dance Education, Young Children, Movement Education
