Importance of Dance in Physical Education Class

Michele RikerAudience: School Administration

Index

Dance Statistics Why is Dance Important? Types of Dance Objective of Presentation Positives of Dance for Athletes Why students Would be Interested in Dance Dance Activies for PE Examples of Activites Full Lesson Appropriate Kinesthetic Learners Supporters of Dance AAHPERD

Dance Statistics

Only 6,000 schools offer Dance as Part

of the Curriculum

About 665 postsecondary schools offer

dance as a major or minor

In 2006, about 40,000 jobs were held

by dancers or choreographers

Why Is Dance Important?

Physical Fitness Rhythm Coordination Social Muscle Memory Culture

Most Popular Types of Dance

JazzTap

Hip-Hip

Lyrical

Ballroom

Ballet

Line/Folk/Square

Freestyle

OBJECTIVE

To incorporate

more Dance,

coordination, and

rhythmic skills into

Physical Education

classes

Positives of Dance for Athletes

Dance can help with:

› Agility› Flexibility

› Coordination› Muscle Tones

› Dexterity

Is Dance a Sport?

How d

oes it

help

Athl

etes

?W

hat are the advantages?

Why students would be interested in Dance?

Female Students

Something Different

Aerobic Activity

Most Likely Social

Dance Related Activities for Physical Education

Social/Culture Dance

Zumba

Rhythmic Activities

Subject Matter Dances (Muscle

Memory)

Social/Cultural DanceGiving the students a sense of culture

EXAMPLE: The HAKA-

(Rugby Dance Of New Zealand)Used to scare the apposing team

ZUMBAa fusion of Latin and International music, accompanied by strategic dance

moves that creates a dynamic, exciting, and effective fitness system

Benefits of ZUMBA:

› Enjoyable & Fun

› Relieves Stress

› Tones Muscles

› Calorie Burn

› Social Activity

ZUMBA: SPARK AN INTEREST?

Take a Look at this Zumba Class

Rhythmic Practice DancesDances used to improve students coordination and rhythm in exciting ways

EXAMPLE: Samoan Floor Dance

Cultural Dance that the Samoans use as a form of entertainment. Dealing with rhythm, coordination, and muscle memory

Subject Matter DancesUsing Dance in order to reinforce subject matter learning

Example- Bone Dance (Hannah Montana)

Teaching students the bones through a dance in order to improve the amount of information that is learned.

How Could Dance be a Full Lesson?

Series of Progression

Scaffolding

Guided Discovery

Relating to Kinesthetic Learners

What Teaching Strategies Would be Relevant?

Kinesthetic Learners

Signs of the Kinesthetic Learners

•Dance Incorporates all aspects of learning

•Relates to a variety of different learners for maximum information absorption

SUPPORTERS OF DANCE

Philly Dance Festival

AAHPERD For DanceProving that Dance is a Sport!

AAHPERD : Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance

National Dance Association of AAHPERD

› Advocacy and Promotion for Dance Incorporation in PE

Graduating in Dance:Graduating Class of

2010

CONGRATULATIONS!

YOU ARE NOW A DANCE EXPERT!

Use this information wisely

Any Questions