PURPOSIVE DANCE AND MOTIVATING STUDENTS IN CALIFORNIA’S PUBLIC SCHOOLS
A Thesis Presented to The Faculty of the Department of Television, Radio, Film, and Theatre San Jose State University
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts
by Kathleen Wehr May 2009 |
ABSTRACT
This thesis addresses the role of dance in California’s standardized public school system. It examines which dance activities pique students’ interest the most. It defines purposive dance movement and targets dance activities aligned with specific state standards in the Physical Education Framework. An experiment was conducted in a 5th grade and 9th-12th grade Physical Education class, using Wii Fit™, Dance Dance Revolution™, traditional ballroom dance, and hip hop dance.
This study reveals that California’s Physical Education Framework allows for these types of dance activities at the primary grades but not at the secondary grades. The results of the experiment indicate that students are more interested in purposive dance movement activities that involve human instructors as opposed to the machine-based dance activities.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Why Dance? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 2: Freedom, Interest, and Enjoyment: Motivational Factors of Purposive Dance Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Chapter 3: Purposive Dance Movement and Freedom, Interest, and Enjoyment in California’s Standards-Based Setting . . . . . . 41
Chapter 4: Testing McFee’s Theory in Today’s Schools: Experiments at Lexington Elementary and Los Gatos High School . . . . . . . . . . 62
Chapter 5: Conclusions of Purposive Dance to Motivate Youth in California’s Standardized Public Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Appendix A: Pre-Study Questionnaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Appendix B: Post-Study Questionnaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Works Cited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 |
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