Mary the Queen College (Pampanga)

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Senior High School Department

Subject Code: SHSPEH3 Module No./Title: #1/ Introduction to

Physical Education 3 (Dance)
Subject Description: Physical Education Period of Coverage: Week 1– Week 2
and Health 3 (Dance)
Introduction: in this module will discuss how dance came about and where it all began. We will
discuss the elements and characteristics of dance to better understand the components of dance
performance. Determining the benefits of dancing and learning how to appreciate and evaluate a dance
composition and performance.
Objectives:
After going through this module, Student are expected to:
1. Define dance.
2. Distinguish the barriers of physical into one’s diet
3. Understand the history and nature of dance
4. Discover on how to handle personal barriers in physical activity
Content:
WHAT IS DANCE?

 Dance differs from athletics or other daily activities because it focuses primarily on
“an aesthetic or even entertaining experience”.
 Dance is an activity which can take many forms and fill many different needs. It can be
recreation, entertainment, education, therapy and religion.
 Do you know where dances come from?
 Dance can be seen among all people and civilizations of the world. Dances thrived at different
periods of history and mostly were a result of intercultural exchange and contact. The origins
of dance are rooted in the prehistoric past.
 Dance has been major form of religious ritual and social expression within primitive cultures.
It was used as a way of expressing and reinforcing tribal unity and strength, as an approach for
courtship and mating, and as means of worship, communication, and therapeutic experience. It
was said that the first use of dance was a gesture in order to communicate.
 Dance was also commonly used in education. Greek philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, and
Socrates strongly supported this art as an integration of the body and soul. Plato immensely
gave importance to dance in education as stated in his elucidation on the Laws. He highlighted
the two kinds of dance and music: the noble (fine and honorable) and the ignoble (imitating
what is means or ugly).
Dancing is one of the oldest and most popular forms of exercise. Several forms of dancing are
considered aerobic since they entail about an hour of “continuous exercises, choreographed to music”.
 SPECIFIC BENEFITS OF DANCE
 PHYSICAL
When done regularly, dancing is a good way to develop cardiovascular and muscular endurance, body
composition as well as balance and flexibility.
 Develops cardiovascular and muscular endurance

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  Improves coordination, balance, flexibility, and body composition
 Lowers risk of cardiovascular diseases
 Lowers body mass index
 Lowers resting heart rate
 Improves lipid metabolism
 Enables joint mobility (hip motion and spine flexibility)
 Helps improve and maintain bone density, thus helps prevent osteoporosis
 Helps recover coordination and neuromuscular skills after injury
 MENTAL/EMOTIONAL
Ravelin et al. (2006, p.3112) also suggested that dance can be used as intervention in mental health in
nursing. They revealed that dance can offer “an acceptable way to release emotional and physical
pressure”
 Helps keep brain sharp
 Decreases incidence of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease
 Decreases depressive symptoms
 Increases self-esteem and improves body image
 Aids in releasing emotional and physical tension
 SOCIAL
Dance provides a unique opportunity for meaningful group involvement as it encourages intense,
positive social interaction and interpersonal relationships in a working group. They believe that “it
contributes to each individual’s potential for the fullest possible self-actualization in society”.
 Gives sense of togetherness within a group.
 Encourages positive social interaction and interpersonal relationship in a group.
 Contributes to the individual’s potential for self-actualization in society.
 CULTURAL
Dance promotes a place or a country’s rich culture through showing the different cultural dances. The
people around the world are bought to “a closer understanding of the lives of the people represented
and to appreciation of their respective folk cultures”
 Promotes cultural values
 PERSONAL BARRIERS
With technological advances and conveniences, people’s lives have in many ways become increasingly
easier, as well as less active. In addition, people have many personal reasons or explanations for being
inactive. The most common reasons adults don't adopt more physically active lifestyles are cited as:
 insufficient time to exercise
 inconvenience of exercise
 lack of self-motivation
 non-enjoyment of exercise
 boredom with exercise
 lack of confidence in their ability to be physically active (low self-efficacy)
 fear of being injured or having been injured recently
 lack of self-management skills, such as the ability to set personal goals, monitor
 progress, or reward progress toward such goals
 lack of encouragement, support, or companionship from family and friends
 non-availability of parks, sidewalks, bicycle trails, or safe and pleasant walking
 paths close to home or the workplace
The top three barriers to engaging in physical activity across the adult lifespan are:
 time
 energy
 motivation

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Summary:
Dance is an integral part of human existence. Dancing gives many beneficial effects not just physically
but mentally, emotionally, socially, and culturally. In its purest and most basic form, dance is art, the
art of body movement. There’s a lot of physical activity barriers when it comes in assessing own self.
But if you know how to manage time, work, etc. You can handle those simple things. Set first your
own activities//things in a day that you are going to perform. In that way you can succeed in everyday
life activities and at the same time you can take care of your health.
Learning Resources: PowerPoint Presentation and Module, www.youtube.com,
www.google.com
www.physical education college.com

Evaluation:
Give at least two benefits of dance based on the following:

PHYSICAL
1. __________________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________________
EMOTIONAL
1. __________________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________________
MENTAL
1. __________________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________________
SOCIAL
1. __________________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________________
CULTURAL
1. __________________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________________
References:
BOOK
Apolonia, M. L., Collao, M. P., Gabayan, P. A., & Kamus, M. R. (2017). Dance for Life (Health-
Optimizing Physical Education HOPE Series for Senior High School. (J. A. Porto, Ed.) 839 EDSA,
South Triangle, Quezon City: C & E Publishing, Inc.
[ CITATION Con15 \l 1033 ] Physical Education and Health Volume II (Published by REX BOOK
STORE, (pp. 3-8).

Next Lesson: Nature of different Dances

Prepared by: LSGigante Checked by: (KTAyroso/English, Filipino,
SocScie, and P.E Coordinator)

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