Dance As A Method Of Teaching Science: How Effective It Can Be

Science is a very vast subject to tackle with. It varies from all aspect of things and has a lot of topic to discuss and discover. Learning it can be a bit stressful and confusing especially when there are many terminologies to memorize or even hard to spell words to write. Good thing is that, there are several people who are teaching Science by dancing.

Dancing is a form of art wherein a person has a sequence of movements moving rhythmically through music. Now imagine combining this with teaching science. It might seem a little bit unordinary at first but the results are really great.

A man named Tom Evert, a teacher and a choreographer, imparts lesson to his students by using the art of dancing and other body movement. Mansfield Journal even reported that he is a self-descibed dance man.He will be teaching artist at Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on ways to implement dancing as a new way of teaching. He will be using movements to teach science in a very understandable way. He is also the founder of a famous group called Dancevert

As stated by Improv Science, "it is a brilliant combination and synthesis of our ability to use all of who we are for learning and to create learning environments". Having a new approach like these gives the students a first-hand experience of what is being taught to them in a very unfamiliar way. It also empowers student as they participate in this teaching experience.

According to a student on this video, learning things on textbook is not enough for them to fully grasp what is being taught. They believe that this way of learning is more permanent than just listening for hours on a typical classroom setting. It seems that they learn and understand the subject more as they apply what they've learn physically.

TagsDance, Teaching, Science, Reflections