Ballet-Related Content in Music Education in the First Cycle of Primary Education

dc.creator	Stergulec Tjaša
dc.creator	Bojan Kovačič
dc.creator	Črčinovič Rozman Janja
dc.date	2013-09-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:18:14Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:18:14Z
dc.identifier	1855-4431
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/9d3c787440634917b378a584f96d14ee
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/26755
dc.description	This paper deals with the integration of ballet-related content into music lessons in the first cycle of primary education. It seeks to outline some current findings concerning the positive impact of dance and classical ballet on integrated child development and the results of an empirical research study the objective of which was to compare the ability of primary school pupils aged six to nine years to perform a simple ballet choreography against that of ballet school pupils and to examine pupils’ attitude towards classical ballet. For this end, we prepared additional ballet-related content in 2011 and incorporated it into classroom practice with students attending Fran Korun Koželjski Music School in Velenje and pupils attending the first and the third grades of Franc Rozman Stane Primary School in Maribor. To compare the performance of one and the other we used specific evaluation criteria, while we obtained pupils’ feedback on ballet lessons by means of a short questionnaire. It was established that children did possess the ability as well as the desire to practice classical ballet. The executions of the ballet choreography by both groups were comparable, and the only difference noticed regarded the physical ability, body coordination, and spatial coordination criteria, which were not fully achieved by the primary school pupils. Due to the positive influence of the activity on the integrated development of children and the children’s positive reaction, it is necessary to incorporate as many ballet-related subject matter as possible into music education.
dc.language	Slovene
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Univerza v Mariboru
dc.relation	http://www.pef.um.si/content/Zalozba/clanki_2013_st_2-3/REI%206%20st%202-3%20cl%2009.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1855-4431
dc.source	Revija za Elementarno Izobraževanje, Vol 6, Iss 2-3, Pp 159-171 (2013)
dc.subject	education
dc.subject	music education
dc.subject	dance-related content
dc.subject	classical ballet
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.title	Ballet-Related Content in Music Education in the First Cycle of Primary Education
dc.type	article