*MON FRASER UNIVERSITY

Summer Session 1999

EDUC 389 - 4 ?

Dr. C.Schroeder

Special Topic: Movement Language ?

Office MPX 8648

Elements For Dance In Education

Tel: 291-4453

Tuesday & Thursday: 8:30 - 12:20pm ?

E01 .

E-Mail: celeste@sfu.ca

Room MPX 7540 (Gym)

PREREQUISITE

60 credit hours

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course, a prerequisite for Educ 495, Designs for Learning Dance is designed for people with or

without dance training, who want to teach dance in arts, P.E., or classroom contexts. In this

experiential class students will to develop an understanding of the movement concepts (action,

space, time, force, and relationship) which are the framework for making and teaching dance. Thi

course will explore dance as a nonverbal and artistic language, and students will be introduced to

the creative process involved when using and teaching dance as an expressive art form.

Opportunity will also be given to utilize the art of improvisation as a way of discovering

movement and integrating dance within the wider curriculum. Students will explore a variety of

planning and presenting dance lessons. Please wear comfortable clothes for dancing.

ASSIGNMENTS

Movement Journal Students will be required to keep a journal to explore their own connection

concerning movement, the body and knowledge (20%).

Create and Teach Group Dance Create and teach a group dance to the class (20%).

Lesson Plan Develop an eight-lesson teaching unit to integrate movement concepts in a

curriculum (20%).

Movement Reflection Writing Elaborate on one experience from your journal and explore

how this could have implications for teaching dance within an educational context (20%).

Class Participation Active participation in individual and group movement activities (20%).

REQUIRED READING

Gilbert, Anne G.

Creative Dance for All Ages.

National Dance Associaton: AAHPERD. ISBN

0-88314-532-4

Selected Articles.