Metoodilise abimaterjali väljatöötamine eelkooliealiste laste tantsuõpetuse õpetajate toetamiseks

Abstract

Development of a Methodological Aid for Supporting Preschool Dance Teachers. The teacher's knowledge about the nature of dance education, age-appropriate skills with developmental abilities and the coherence of these two plays an important role in the dance education of preschool students. Currently there is a lack of guidance in Estonian language based literature supporting the dance education of preschool students, which would coherently combine both children's developmental abilities and age-appropriate skills as well as the specifics of dance teaching. One of the aims of this research was to determine the need of supporting methodological aid among dance teachers. The research revealed that 1) the necessity of methodical aid for dance education of preschool children is perceived, 2) the methodological aid should include detailed content, structure of lessons with activities, sample exercises and instructional tips, segmented by age groups. As a result of the research a methodological aid material was developed to support dance teachers of preschool students. The developed methodological aid was evaluated by a specialist in dance education and an expert in the preparation of curricula.