Ověření účinnosti nového hudebně-pohybového programu pro střední školy

Abstract

Due to decreasing interest of adolescent girls in any physical activity, a new dance program was created on three DVDs with samples of diff erent dance styles and directions how to teach them. Th e program follows the interest of the teenage generation and is based on modern methods from abroad. An experiement was conducted to verify the effi ciency of the new dance program. Th e aim of the experiment was to compare the level of dance skills improvement. 4-way ANCOVA was used to evaluate the experiment. Th e covariates were dance program, aft erschool activities, age, teacher, pre-test performance. Th e results of the research enriched the fi eld of dance education, especially the process of learning new dance skills. Th e new dance program improved the results of all music and motor skills and from the view point of development of specifi c dance skills it was considered very effi cient. Th e level of music skills varied according to the age of research subjects, which shows the importance of creating programs with adequate contents according to the students age. Our research showed the dance skills as three-dimensional with three latent factors: rhythmic, memory and motor. Th e results also pointed out the fact that aft er school activities focus on improvement of dance motor skills (dance technique) but neglect the music and rhythmic perception, which is the initiator of dance movement. Our results also confi rmed that dance skills can be improved by a short term dance program within the school P.E. lessons. Th e results of the research also showed unsignifi cant eff ectivity of recent dance motor programs at schools in development of dance skills. Th e results contributed to the scientifi c fi eld of dance education, especially the factor structure of dance skills. All the results were formulated from a pilot study and need to be confi rmed by additional research.