Pedagogical Seminar for Dance Education 4

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Code	Completion	Credits	Range	Language Instruction	Semester
107KSTV4	credit	4	14 seminar hours (45 min) of instruction per semester, 90 to 110 hours of self-study	Czech	summer

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The subject provides Dance Department

Information on the combined form:

The course is taught in a combined form of contact and non-contact teaching in a ratio of about 1:4, i.e. 40 hours distance learning, 10 hours full-time per semester.

The summer semester includes intensive concentrated block teaching of the main subjects.

The teaching content of the course Pedagogical Seminar TaV 4 is focused primarily on developing independent pedagogical practice, in which the student applies and actually verifies the knowledge and skills acquired from the classes of Methodology and Didactics Dance Education, the substance of which is built upon and develops it towards capturing and developing the creative potential of children.

The course is closely linked to the content of the Didactics and Methodology of Dance Education. It is taught in four semesters.

The student will practically verify the acquired information and skills related to the systematic and logical construction of the lesson.

The student will be able to work with a wide range of imagination, to balance preparatory exercises, to encourage children's creativity and to give

give space to their improvisation.

Thematic areas

working with sound - using musical and non-musical sources
working with music - own accompaniment, use of instruments (e.g. Orff), shaping musical taste
working with voice and text - sounding movement, songs, rhymes, poems, own text
creation of movement and dance games - own themes
sources of inspiration and their use for different age groups - music, art, text, props, folk culture, nature themes, experiments, relationships between people and in society

Learning outcomes

The aim of the course is

development of independent pedagogical thinking and creative potential and application of the acquired knowledge in the form of creating assignments or games that develop the creative potential and natural movement of the child, taking into account the age category.
Practical development of independent pedagogical work, awareness of the role and role of the teacher, formation of individual pedagogical style and direct confrontation with real situations in the form of teaching at selected state institutions (ZUŠ) or in private dance studios.

Prerequisites and other requirements

Prerequisite - Pedagogical seminar TaV 1, 2

Corequisite - Didactics and methodology of Dance Ed.

Literature

Susan R. KoffDance Education: A Redefinition

Susan M. Flynn et al.Teaching Children Dance

Helen PayneCreative Dance and Movement in Groupwork

Mary Sprague et al. Experiencing Dance: From Student to Dance Artist

Jacqueline Smith-AutardArt of Dance in Education

Gayle Kassing (Author), Danielle Jay-Kirschenbaum (Author)Dance Teaching Methods and Curriculum Design: Comprehensive K-12 Dance Education

Nicole Brown (Editor), Amanda Ince (Editor), Karen Ramlackhan (Editor)Creativity in Education:International Perspectives

Mindy AloffWhy Dance Matters

Charlotte Svendler Nielsen, Stephanie BurridgeDance Education Around the World

Teresa HeilandLeaping into Dance Literacy through the Language of Dance

Sally Carline Lesson Plans for Creative Dance: Connecting With Literature, Arts, and Music

Mary Ann Brehm (Author), Lynne McNett (Author)Creative Dance and Learning: Making the Kinesthetic Link

Susan Bauer The Embodied Teen: A Somatic Curriculum for Teaching Body-Mind Awareness, Kinesthetic Intelligence, and Social and Emotional Skills--50 Activities in Somatic Movement Education

Miranda TufnellA Widening Field: journeys in Body and Imagination

Evaluation methods and criteria

Credit is awarded on the basis of practical participation in the seminar. The student will demonstrate on video the process and result of his/her own creation for a specific age group of children in the form of a movement and dance game or choreography.

Other requirements: orientation in the thematic areas of both semesters, portfolio creation (reflection on a recommended branch show or festival), 100% attendance.

Note

Teaching combines monological, applied, interactive teaching methods, encourages self-study within the framework of non-contact learning and student's critical thinking. The student is encouraged to create his/her own portfolio based on the acquisition of his/her own experience and skills.

Contact in distance form will be provided:

by phone, email, video calls

via a group platform for communication between students (social networks, internet, apps, moodle, etc.

The student's independent work within the contactless learning consists of:

systematic practical verification of the topics covered in their teaching practice and subsequent consultation

with the teacher of the subject

studying the assigned literature on the given topics
searching for and collecting professional information related to the topics covered in the fourth semester, sharing this knowledge and confronting it with the teacher and other students in contact teaching
creating a video recording to demonstrate the process and result of their own creation for a specific age group of children in the form of a movement and dance game or choreography.