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Unit I: Overview of Movement Education

Movement education is an approach to physical

education that dates back to the 1800s. Unlike traditional PE,
it involves building a higher sense of awareness in students
about how and why their bodies move during different
activities.
* Movement Education related to the curriculum
Body, space, effort and relationship are the four essential
concepts in movement education

* Movement Education in Physical Education Class

Physical Education experiences of a person might differ from
one another depending on when and where this person grew up.

* The Movement Education Framework

Body, relationship, space and effort are the four key concepts
considered within the context of movements.
* Movement in Physical Education
The fundamental movement skills to be developed through Health
and Physical Education include: locomotor and non-locomotor skills

* Development of a Curricular Approach: 1960’s, 1970’s and 1980’s

1. The application of the movement concepts in 3 learning domain is
the desire of those working at this time.
2. Growth of movement education; brought to the forefront of
elementary physical education.
3. A research based scientific basis resulted from the fitness boom of
the 1970s contributed to the study of movement.
* Fitness Overshadows Movement Education
Movement education faded from popularity as other
curriculum models that were introduced and became appealing to
the fitness and activity.

* The Revival of Movement Education

1. The essence of movement education has been brought back in the
late 1990s and early 2000s when the development of national
content standards for physical education took place.
2. The basic movement concepts must be made known to students in
order for them to do the basic movement patterns appropriately.
Movement Education is a focus on teaching students to develop
motor skills through physical movement... Under modern
literature movement education is praised as: • “Movement skills are
core to the physical, cognitive and social development of a child”
(Lubans, Morgan, Cliff, Barnett, & Okely, 2012). And.May 13, 2016

Fundamental Movement Patterns are patterns that allow the body

to be coordinated in those simple, basic movement patterns of
lateral motion, weight transfer, forward motion, up and
down motion, and coordinating upper and lower body movements.
...Fundamental Movement patterns include: Walking.Bending.Oct
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 Activities

Activity 1.1
Affirmation
(getting to know you/concept better)

Activity 1.2
Essay
 Activity 1.2
Essay Questions
1. From the concept of Movement Education, what
does it mean?
2. What is the importance of Movement in teaching
Physical Education?
 Unit II: Meaning and History
Movement Education - it aims to help individuals to have more their
motor skills.
- enhance motor skills through physical movement.
- a strand of teaching that focuses on the development of
motor skills through physical movement.
- focus on teaching students to develop motor skills through
physical movement.
 Elements of Movement Education
(Space, Time, Force/ Energy and Flow)
* Space
the space we move through as we dance.
Factors to consider in Space
Shape- the design of the body, (symmetrical, asymmetrical)
Focus- audience (where viewer's eye is drawn)
Dancer- (Single focus- looking direction of the movement)
Multi-focus- changing head/ eye focus during movements.
Size- use size in given space or range of motion
 * Time
the relationship of one movement to another.

Factors to consider in Time

Rhythm- a pattern of beats.
Tempo- Steady of Beat, fast or slow (the speed of the movement)
Duration- the length of time the movement lasts.
Pulse- Accented beat or heartbeat of the Rhythm.
Phrases- longer sequences of movement.
 * Energy or Force
the use of more or less energy while moving.

Factors to consider in Energy or Force

Tension/Relaxation- tension feels hard and tight, relaxation feels
soft, and loose.
Weight- Strength (Force) or lightness
 * Flow
it is about emotion, stability, evolution and emotional immersion.

Factors to consider in Energy or Force

Bound flow/ Free Flow- bound flow is when the energy released is
in controlled and in restrained manner whereas free flow is when the
energy is released freely.
* Developmentally Appropriate Teaching and Assessment
Developmentally Appropriate Practice
the practice of an excellent educator who knows and changes his/her
teaching practices to meet the students where they are developmentally.

* Five Guidelines in DAP

1. Creating a caring community of learners.
2. Teaching to enhance development and learning
3. Planning curriculum to achieve important goals.
4. Assessing children's development and learning
5. Establishing reciprocal relationship.
* Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Preschool Years
Pre-school years are vitally important period of learning and
development in all areas of human functioning- physical, social and
emotional, cognitive (including perception, reasoning, memory and
other aspects of academic and intellectual development).

* Fundamental Movement Skills

Fundamental movement skills are a specific set of skills that
involve different body parts such as, leg, head, arms and hands.
* Categories of Fundamental Movement Skills

Balance Skills
-movements where the body remains in place, but moves around its
horizontal and vertical axes.
Locomotor Skills
- Such as running, jumping, hopping of a narrow beam.
Manipulative
- Skills we need for moving balls and object around.
* Movement and Body Awareness
Movement and body awareness is the understanding of what
my body is like and how I move with it.

History
Creators of the New Idea: ME in the 1800’s to early 1900’s
The early pioneers of movement education were influenced by the
idea of “THE BODY BEING AN EXPESSION OF MOVEMENT”
Three of the most historically influential individuals in the field of
Movement Education:
* Frenchman
* Developed what he termed “APPLIED
AESTHETIC” and focused his work in the arts.
* Critical ideas were connected in mind, body
and spirit.
* Also saw MOVEMENT as a UNION of time,
space and motion.
* Believed that EXPRESSIVE MOVEMENT should
relate to the emotion that inspired the
movement.
* Presented the concept of PARALLELISM IN
MOVEMENT – the same direction and in
succession of two body parts functioning
simultaneously.
* She and her husband founded are
international known college in Germany,
DEUTSCHE SPORTHOCHSCHULE KOLN, to train
teachers in sport and physical education.
* The college taught a “NATURAL APPROACH TO
TEACHING CHILDREN TO OVE EFFECTIVELY IN
ALL KINDS OF SITUATIONS”.
* The teacher’s role was to PROVIDE AN
ENVIRONMENT that would ENCOURAGE
children to EXPLORE MOVEMENT FREELY in
their own way.
* Considered by the most as the TRUE PIONEER
of movement education.
* Critical contribution: THEORY OF MOVEMENT
– deals particularly on the concept of effort.
* He believed that the BODY was an
INSTRUMENT OF EXPRESSION.
* Made a distinction between: EXPRESSIVE
MOVEMENT and FUNCTIONAL MOVEMENT.
(Expressive Movement – communicates idea in
dance or other forms of artistic expression;
while, Functional Movement – movements that
serve as a purpose of everyday life, such as
sports and games)
 Activities
Activity 2.1
K-W-L Chart
Find the Idea of the given chart (from the concept of Unit II)
What I Know What I Want to What I’ve Learned
Know
 Activity 2.2
Brief Discussion

1. From the three most influential individual that

contribute a lot in Movement Education, identify one
(1) transitional event across his/her name and explain
its relationship to Movement Education in general.
 Thank you…

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