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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Movement education"”.
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Can long-term musculoskeletal, spinal pain improve with movement education using SEMG biofeedback?
… know. SEMG biofeedback encourages learning new movements, altering and training new neural pathways, and enabling greater muscular control. In addition, an improvement in muscular awareness from SEMG biofeedback correlates with improved back pain. Musculoskeletal pain is multifactorial. Pain can …
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The Effects of a Movement Education Program on the Perceptual-Motor Development of Kindergarten and Grade One Students
… to investigate the effectiveness of a basic movement education program, presented by a physical education specialist, on the acquisition of perceptual-motor skills of kindergarten and grade one students.
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Evaluation of a professional development curriculum in movement education and adapted physical activity for invisible disabilities : a critical cross-case analysis
Movement education and adapted physical activity are content areas not addressed in pre-service education or in-service training for Ontario practitioners working with individuals with disabilities in physical environments. Consequently, physical activity is often overlooked by service providers in …
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Examination of Preschool Educators' Implementation of Motor Activities
… data pertaining to a teacher’s understanding of movement education in a preschool program. The purpose of this research was to conduct a case study to examine a preschool educator’s knowledge and use of motor activities in the classroom. The preschool teacher was observed and interviewed. The …
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Following the natural pathway: Integrating Barbara Clark's somatic principles with modern dance technique
… that idea or image is the primary facilitator of movement. However, her pedagogical application of the ideokinetic prime directive departs from Todd's usage through an emphasis on movement education versus corrective postural work. The focus of this study was to examine how Clark's somatic …
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Resting our bodies upon Papatūānuku: An exploration of how community dance may foster connections to whenua for rangatahi
… and a critical creative process of generating movement that is responsive to the environment and culturally relevant. This research reimagines ways community dance practice, place-based pedagogy, and Kaupapa Māori philosophies may meet to provide rangatahi with opportunities to explore …
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Implementation of Physical Education in Primary Schools in Mumuni Zone of Lusaka Urban Change Catalog Display
The purpose of the study was to investigate the role traditional and modern counselling strategies in reducing the incidences of divorce among married couples in Kabwe District in Zambia. The study discovered that traditional and modem counselling played a preventative role in reducing divorce …
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Implementation of Physical Education in Primary Schools in Mumuni Zone of Lusaka Urban Change Catalog Display
The purpose of the study was to investigate the role traditional and modern counselling strategies in reducing the incidences of divorce among married couples in Kabwe District in Zambia. The study discovered that traditional and modem counselling played a preventative role in reducing divorce …
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An assessment of the motor ability of learners in the foundation phase of primary school education
… gross motor skills is a process of maturity in movement proficiency, which is fulfilled by the age of eight years. The purpose of this study was to examine the contributions of age, gender and physical activity on the levels of motor proficiency in learners. The subjects (N=366) aged seven years …
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The role of physical education in South African primary schools
This thesis argued that Physical Education is marginalised in the South African primary school education sector. Through this marginalisation, Physical Education has been reduced from having full subject status, to being only one of the components of one of the primary school learning areas, …
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Using movement and kinesthetic learning to teach academics in a fourth grade classroom
… study was to determine what happens when movement and kinesthetic learning are implemented academically in a fourth-grade regular education classroom. Kinesthetics were used to help teach a social studies unit on Europeans in New Jersey and were later infused into the classroom curriculum. …
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Lived experiences of children with disabilities in various movement programs
… express their voices in the description of their movement experiences. Three children aged 10-13 shared their experiences in school physical education and adapted physical activity. Observations of participants using interactive media activities in an adapted physical activity program were used to …
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Effects of implementing kinesthetic activities in the classroom
<p>The purpose of this study was to examine the effects kinesthetic lessons could have on academic achievement as well as learner attitudes. Subjects included 72 fifth grade science students from a suburban elementary school in Southern New Jersey. There were two control groups and two experimental …
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Walter Barnard Hill: Constructive Southern American
… labor problem, the Negro question, and southern education. Based primarily on his public statements, the study will show that when Hill considered each of these social issues he was concerned with the rights of the individual. According to Ralph H. Gabriel, a liberal in late nineteenth-century …