Faculty of Education · Pre-School Teaching · Undergraduate
ECTS: 4 T+P+L: 2+0+0 Field Education Elective
Coordinator: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Musa BARDAK
Course Objective
The aim of this course is to educate pre-service teachers as constructive, creative and productive individuals who are sensitive and healthy in character, mind, morality, soul and emotion and have a personality and character that is sensitive and sensitive to artistic elements such as rhythm and dance.
Course Content
To teach technical dance, rhythm, body percussion, choreography concepts in order to combine rhythm and dance concepts with activities and games for children. Study of body percussion and creative dance works. Creative rhythm improvisations with the Orff method included in the teaching process.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Explains the relationship between body language and dance figures.
- Distinguish different rhythmic structures and their strokes.
- Uses body language in rhythmic movements and dance.
- Analyze the importance of rhythm knowledge and skill for the development of preschool children.
- Evaluates the suitability of the rhythmic dance choreographies with the songs intended for pre-school children.
- For the songs appropriate to the age and development of the preschooler, by improvisation, creative dance figures are formed.
Core Area Distribution
(14) Teacher Training and Education Science%100
Teaching Methods
ExpressionDiscussionExercise and PracticeRole PlayingGroup Study
Assessment & Evaluation
PortfolioTesting (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)
ECTS / Workload
| Activity | Quantity | Duration (h) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (Including Exam Week) | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Out of Class Study Period | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Midterm | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Practice | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Final | 1 | 10 | 10 |
Course Schedule
| Week | Subject | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Defining rhythm and dance concepts in relation to human nature. | Related parts of the source book |
| 2 | Examination of rhythm patterns and study of transitions between rhythms in different strokes. | Related parts of the source book |
| 3 | Determining the types of dance for children and solving the basic components of dance. (Examination of the meaning of body movements) | Related parts of the source book |
| 4 | Defining body percussion (making a sound through body parts) and being able to accompany the rhythm / melody with hands, feet, legs, abdomen, head, face, etc. | Related parts of the source book |
| 5 | Rhythmic reading for the writing of children's songs; Performing singing exercises as a rhythmic step by step. | Related parts of the source book |
| 6 | To transform the object or concept that children can anticipate or know in accordance with the development process by improvising. The repetition of poetry at that time with rhythmic steps. | Related parts of the source book |
| 7 | Making creative improvisation works by becoming groups for creating rhythmic or musical choreography for children's activities. | Related parts of the source book |
| 8 | Midterm Exam | Midterm Exam |
| 9 | Body percussion improvisations, using a group work on a given subject and the poem in the written words through the body, dramatized by telling. | Related parts of the source book |
| 10 | Rhythmic study of songs written for pre-school. Evaluation of the rhythm and lyrics of these songs. Definition and explanation of prosody in song writing. | Related parts of the source book |
| 11 | Explanation of how to prepare choreography for children in the process of creating children's activities with music and the steps of activity planning. | Related parts of the source book |
| 12 | The importance of children, teachers and their relationships in the process of choreography. To give general information about stress management. | Related parts of the source book |
| 13 | Examples of different dance techniques to be applied in children's songs. | Related parts of the source book |
| 14 | Grup çalışmaları halinde çalışılan örneklerin çocuğun gelişim sürecine uygunluğunun değerlendirilmesi ve çocuğun yaşına indirgenmesi için yaratıcı doğaçlama çalışmaları yapılması. | Related parts of the source book |
| 15 | General Evaluation | Related parts of the source book |
| 16 | Final | Final |