Analysis of the concept of movement education in American elementary school physical education
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Vivian Ann Hudgens (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Kate R. Barrett
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to analyze how movement education was manifested ln American elementary school physical education literature. Specifically, this study attempted to provide an accurate description of the origin and subsequent development of movement education as an American elementary school physical education curricular phenomenon, particularly of the 1960s and 1970s. Starting In the 1920s and continuing to the present, this study included people and events that were Instrumental to the founding and growth of the concept of movement education. Primary sources relating to the origin and development of movement education in American elementary school physical education were used. The findings suggested that movement education in American elementary school physical education literature was a peculiar blending of what was really two forms of movement education: one uniquely American; one English or Laban. Further, the development of movement education was affected by confusion and criticism which surrounded the concept, and the Jack of a generalizable curriculum. It was also concluded movement education was not the strong curricular thrust it had been in the 1960s and 1970s, although current elementary literature did still reflect movement education concepts, usually with a different, 1980s "look."
Analysis of the concept of movement education in American elementary school physical education
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- Publication
- Dissertation
- Language: English
- Date: 1987
- Subjects
- Movement education $z United States $x History
- Movement education $z United States $x Origin
- Physical education for children