Movement Education

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Movement education is a type of learning that requires students to think cognitively while moving physically. Each activity should challenge the student mentally and physically. “All physical educators want to provide lessons that foster success. The MEF, however, focuses on not only fostering motor success, but also developing cognitive knowledge about movement. Movement education is about developing a very wide base so that students develop skill in executing many types of movement. To establish this wide base, the movement education approach uses a specific framework for classifying movement and encourages learners to build a movement vocabulary that they can apply to all subsequent movement content. Children learn through movement.” As an infant, children watch their parents movements, they do not understand words yet so they learn through the actions of other people. In human development movement is crucial because movement is a sensorimotor process. The child's mind and body develops at the same time and only in relationship with other human beings. The socialization process begins as infants through a process that does not involve verbal learning. Movement education should be a fun way for students to learn.

There is a significant amount of benefits that come from movement education. Movement ed. allows students to get up out of their seats and burn some energy. No student likes to be seated in the same spot all day and listen to a teacher lecture about a boring subject. Movement education can take a boring subject and turn it into a fun one by incorporating an activity that challenges the student mentally and physically. Movement education allows students to work together and solve problems as a team. “Succe...

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... an educator can do all you can to make it an enjoyable learning environment. If your class is the highlight of your students’ day than you are doing something right.

In conclusion, movement education enhances learning in every classroom. It allows students to bond with friends while learning. Movement education requires students to think cognitively while performing a specific movement. Movement education should be incorporated into every curriculum for the best results in students learning.

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http://www.movement-education.org/therapy/

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/269311.php

http://www.pecentral.org/lessonideas/ViewLesson.asp?ID=1015#.UxnjM_ldXLk

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