Teaching Concepts of Dance in Physical Education

Catalog description

This course introduces health and exercise science majors specializing in teacher certification to the skills, concepts and knowledge necessary for instructing development and performance sequences in various rhythmic activities (creative rhythms, routines with small hand apparatus, and novelty dances) and dance forms (folk, social, square, contra, and line). The study of selected rhythmic activities and dance forms include: terminology, relative movement patterns, techniques, skill performance, evaluation, basic musical structure, and teaching strategies.