PREREQUISITE: None

TEXT: First Steps in Teaching Creative Dance to Children, by Mary Joyce.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course introduces the content, method and processes for leading creative movement experiences for young people. The creative process, elements of movement and its relationship to other art forms, as well as, its integration with other curriculums are explored in this course. The teaching methods used in this course enables students to design lessons appropriate for a wide range of ages, interests and developmental stages. This course is especially applicable to those in or preparing to enter education or human service fields.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

• Describe how the creative process is a tool for human development and expression.
• Identify and describe the basic elements and vocabulary of Dance and the Performing Arts.
• Demonstrate and apply principles of, body mechanics, to warming up different parts of the body.
• Describe and apply different aspects of time, energy and space as they apply to movement and as they affect quality of movement.
• Demonstrate and describe how creative movement activities aid critical thinking, creative problem-solving and social skill development in different age groups.
• Recognize and apply the Hawaii Content Standards for the Fine Arts: Visual Arts, Music, Drama/Theater and Dance, to the learning of other disciplines.
• Plan, teach and evaluate a creative movement lesson plan.
• Develop a resource file, which can be used, to plan and teach creative movement lessons.
• Describe and demonstrate what a creative movement specialist in the schools does.

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