Traditional Dances as a Means of Teaching Social Skills to Elementary School Students

Autor/inn/en	Masadis, Grigorios; Filippou, Filippos; Derri, Vasiliki; Mavridis, Georgios; Rokka, Stella
Titel	Traditional Dances as a Means of Teaching Social Skills to Elementary School Students
Quelle	In: International Journal of Instruction, 12 (2019) 1, S.511-520 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1694-609X
Schlagwörter	Elementary School Students; Teaching Methods; Interdisciplinary Approach; Dance; Folk Culture; Teamwork; Interpersonal Competence; Gender Differences; Grade 5; Grade 4; Grade 6; Intervention; Skill Development; Program Effectiveness; Age Differences; Foreign Countries; Greece + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Tanz; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Geschlechterkonflikt; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Ausland; Griechenland
Abstract	The aim of this study was to investigate: a. the effect of an interdisciplinary program of Greek traditional dance by the means of the teamwork method of teaching social skills to students. b. whether this effect was similar for boys and girls. The sample of the study constituted of 206 elementary school pupils (4th, 5th, and 6th class). The intervention program lasted for two months. There were a total of sixteen lessons (2 per week) which concerned the acquisition of social skills through Greek traditional dance (the experimental group). The method in use was either the group divided work or teamwork. The Greek version (Masadis et al., 2016) of Matson Evaluation of Social Skills with Youngsters (MESSY-II) (Matson et al., 2012) was applied to collect the research data. This in order to be analysed required the following statistical analysis: a. Descriptive statistics b. t-test for independent sample c. Reliability analysis (Cronbach's a) and d. Repeated Measures ANOVA. The findings and the evaluation of the study suggest that the teamwork method is the most appropriate to adopt in social skills learning for the last 3 grades of primary school and traditional dancing the best choice to make. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Journal of Instruction. Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Faculty of Education, Eskisehir, 26480, Turkey. e-mail: iji@ogu.edu.tr; Web site: http://www.e-iji.net
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01