Pandeminin Ortasında: Öğrencilerin Karantina Sırasında Toplu Dans Modülünün Öğretim Yaklaşımlarına İlişkin Görüşleri

Year 2022, Volume: 39-1 , 23 - 38, 31.12.2022

Elenı Tsompanakı , Konstantinos Magos

https://doi.org/10.52597/buje.1037315

Abstract

Bu çalışma, pandemi sırasında okul öncesi öğretmenlerine hareket ifadesinin yaratıcı öğretim yaklaşımları üzerine yapılan bir doktora sonrası araştırmasının bir parçasıdır. Katılımcıların uzaktan eğitim yoluyla toplu dans hakkındaki görüşlerini incelemiştir. Bu çalışma, alternatif ifade biçimlerini birleştiren Sanat Temelli (ABR) bir eylem araştırmasıdır. Bu makalede, anketler ve odak grup görüşmeleri, verilerin nitel analizi yoluyla incelenmiştir. Örneklem, Yunanistan'daki Teselya Üniversitesi'nin Okul Öncesi Eğitim Pedagoji Bölümü'nün 88 öğrencisinden oluşmaktadır. Sonuçlar, bir toplu dans modülünün, karantina nedeniyle katılımcıların psikolojik durumlarının iyileşmesine olumlu katkıda bulunduğunu ve bilgi edinme etkinliğini etkilediğini göstermiştir.

Keywords

Dans, eğitim, öğretme, okul öncesi

In the Midst of Pandemic: Students’ Opinions on the Teaching Approaches of a Community Dance Module During Quarantine

Abstract

This study is part of a postdoctoral research on creative teaching approaches of movement expression, to preschool teachers, during pandemic. It examined participants’ opinions on community dance through distance learning. Methodologically, it was an Art Based (ABR), Action Research, which combined alternative forms of expression. In this article, questionnaires and focus group interviews are examined, through qualitative analysis of data. The sample consisted of 88 students of the Pedagogical Department of Preschool Education, of the University of Thessaly, Greece. The results showed that a community dance module, contributed positively to the improvement of participants’ psychological state, due to quarantine and affected the effectiveness of knowledge acquisition.

Keywords

dance, education, teaching, preschool

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