Movement Education: A Constructivist Teaching Style

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Movement Education is a constructivist teaching style that is very effective to the development of the 3 learning domains. Constructivist teaching is a student centered teaching style. In this style the students are encouraged to be more creative and have more opportunities to do activities that they enjoy. This gets the students to use the cognitive learning domain in order to come up with creative ideas for different activities.

The goal of the Teacher in a student centered teaching style is to guide the students to answers through questions and suggestions. To begin a lesson the teacher would immediately try to get the group of kids moving and to stay moving as much as possible during class. The teacher could say, “everyone spread out …show more content…

One of those styles I find to be most related to movement education is the Guided Discovery style. In this style you guide the students towards answers and lessons they should be learning. You do this through the use of leading questions, this way you get the students to answer you without just giving them the …show more content…

All of the students in your class will be moving around in different patterns and motions with each other every day. This will develop team problem solving skills and important social skills that students need to develop to be successful throughout their lives. With this social aspect in your class you will have your students working harder together and more efficiently.

There are many advantages for students in Movement Education. It helps the students cognitively develop with their use of creativity and critical thinking. Also it puts a certain amount of responsibility on the students to create activities and to solve problems. With this student-centered approach much more enjoyment and excitement is created among the class. This will increase the social interaction within the class leading to the further development of the affective domain.

Teachers also have many advantages in using Movement Education in their classes. By asking questions teachers can teach based on student responses instead of giving the a set list of instructions. Having the students respond to these questions will help them to develop confidence and encourage further participation. It can also help to develop leadership qualities and success. Perhaps the most adventitious part of this style is that is leaves much more time for the actual activity being

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