The Research of Applying Creative Dance to Inspire Early Childhood Geometric Learning

• Main Authors: Yi-Chun Chen, 陳怡君
• Other Authors: Tzong-Ming Wey
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/37724060930382821792

碩士 === 朝陽科技大學 === 幼兒保育系 === 102 === The aim of this research is to applying creative dance to inspire early childhood geometric learning. The application of creative dance will help young children to develop their body potential, improve their sense of rhythm, coordination, and increase the effect of geometric learning as a result. The course is designed according to dance elements: Space, Time, Weight, and Relations to integrate the concept of geometric shapes and space. The participants in this study were 30 young children (4-6 years old). These creative dance classes have been taught twice a week, 40 minutes each session for totally sixteen sessions (640 minutes). The method was to observe the class with 2 other participants; questionnaires were given after the class. Upon analyzing all the records and video recordings, the results of this research are as below: 1. Creative dance has positive influence on cognitive development, body movements and affective domain in early childhood education. 2. Applying creative dance in teaching can inspire the children to learn and increase their sense of geometric shapes and space. 3. Difficulties that educator face: demonstrate by other teachers, keep class in order and group number in control. These problems have been solved in this research. According to the result of this research, the researcher proposed suggestions for teachers and future researchers.