Special Topics }-ropcsed for 

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Course number EDUC 486 Credits 4 

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Course Title: Special Topic: Laban's Analysis of Movement Integrated 

with muslc,poetry, drama and art for the Elementary Schoo.l 

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This course is designed for teachers who have already had experience 

in Movement education and who wish to take an advanced course of theory 

and practice of Laban's Principles. 

Prere-quisites: P.D.P. 401, 402, 404 405, 

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either the P.E.minors (Special Emphasis) or the General Elementary 

P.E. course and have completed at least one year of teaching. 

Permission of Prof. E. Warrell should be obtained. 

4. First Offering: Spring 

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Frequency of offering: Tw4ee-a--yer- 

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Faculty Available to teach Course: Professor E,Warrell (_eue±de 

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Bugetary Implications: 

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$200 for music (records and tapes) and slides. 

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Does the proposed Course replace another course currently offered by 

the Faculty? No, up to date only one advanced course of any kind 

of Movement Education has been offered and this was Jost during the 

reshuffle and during the research leave of Prof. Warrell. 1971-2-. 

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How does the proposed Course differ from other courses currently 

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offered by the Faculty? 

a)

It is an advanced course for teachers and at present the 

only offerings are for beginners. 

b)

It allows for anin-depth study of the analysis 

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of movement, music9 

which until 

aditional information and 

of movement now part of the prescribed Province P.i 

c)Through the Laban analysis 

poerty drama and art are studied from a perspective 

recently has been neglected in North America. (See 

also the film in L.B.C. Free to Move ) 

10. Need for the course. Students who have previously been through 

the Special emphasis and minor Programs have requested advanced courses. 

B) The growing interest of teachers in the Province in the role of 

Movement in Education has been demonstrated by their attendence at work- 

shops ( given by S.F.U.) and by written and verbal enquiries. 

c)

Three Physical Education Consultants in the Lower Mainland have 

strongly advised that such a course should be mounted as soon as possible, 

d)

This course is in keping with the principles and concerns of the 

Fine Arts Council which was established as a result of the Fine Arts 

Conference held at the Bayshore in Feb,, 

1973

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Are the Library holdings adequate for the Course? Yes. 

The sequences of the course will be movement and 

music, movem• and poetry, movement andørt 

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and drama. Laban's work is now part of the prescribed 

physical education for the Province and it is hoped that 

as a result of this course teachers will understand this 

analysis and be able to adapt it freely to classroom and 

gymnasium. 

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