Mind Behind Movement
- 1. Mind Behind MovementEmilie Mazon/8th Grade Project/ The Walker School
- 2. Introduction
- 4. Introduction (2)Dance improves…Academic SuccessBrain Activity
- 6. Benefits of DanceDevelopment of Life Skills
- 8. Dance and Academics2005 College-Bound Seniors Table 3-3; SAT Scores of Students Who Study the Arts
- 9. Dance and Academics (2)Dance in Schools
- 11. Dance and NeuroscienceBrain Scans
- 12. Dance and Neuroscience (2)Importance of Training
- 14. Alternative PerspectivesUnreliable technology?Music and academics?
- 15. Conclusion
- 16. ConclusionIntegrating Dance into Life
- 17. Mind Behind MovementEmilie Mazon/8th Grade Project/ The Walker School
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- 19. Sources (2)Speech continued:Laws, Kenneth, and Arleen Sugano. Physics and the Art of Dance. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford U. Press, Inc., 2008. Print.Parsons, Lawrence M. “Professor Lawrence Parsons BA, PhD. ” 2010. Web. 2 Feb. 2010. <http://www.shef.ac.uk/psychology/staff/academic/lawrence-parsons.html>.Ruppert, Sandra S. “How the Arts Benefit Student Achievement.” National Endowment for the Arts. 2006. Web. 4 Feb 2010. <http://www.nasaa-arts.org/publications/critical-evidence.pdf>.Pictures (in order of appearance):http://shrani.si/.../crw8279resized.jpghttp://theballetbag.files.wordpress.com/.../mcrae-cojocaru-small.jpghttp://www.carlisle.k12.ma.us/.../ReportCard.jpghttp://academicdepartments.musc.edu/.../Brain%20activity.JPGSAT chart: 2005 College-Bound Seniors Table 3-3; SAT Scores of Students Who Study the Arts: What We Can and Cannot Conclude about the Association, Kathryn Vaughn and Ellen Winner (Fall 2000)Momentum picture captured by JanuszMazon
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Editor's Notes
- #4: Dance initiated as a early form of representational communication and has evolved to be an intricate means of artistic expression. Dance at is highest form demands a control of movement, coordinated and synchronized to music, all guided by neurological activity.
- #5: Consistently attending dance classes provides a source of physical activity, develops positive character traits, improves academic success, and increases brain activity.
- #7: Dance education develops and nurtures skills necessary for success in the classroom and beyond. Dance education enhances social skills, work habits, positive attitudes, risk-taking, attention to structure, reading readiness, and nonverbal reasoning.
- #9: Several studies have been conducted attempting to relate participation in the arts, specifically dance, and success in academics. The arts have been proven to positively impact SAT scores.
- #10: Reviewing Education and the Arts Project correlated dancing and enhanced reading and nonverbal reasoning skills. Students who partook in the National Dance Institute, which linked dance instruction to school curriculum, improved in all academic subjects.
- #12: Scientific studies have been conducted analyzing the interconnection between neurological activity and dancing. A study performed by Steven Brown, Lawrence Parsons, and Michael Martinez investigated blood flow in the brains of ten Argentinean tango dancers utilizing brain scanning equipment. When the dancers executed a box step, blood flow to the motor areas of the brain was significantly greater than when the dancers simply flexed their feet.
- #13: A study performed by Dartmouth College students sought to discover the correlation between brain activity and a dancer’s ability to execute steps. Weekly MRI scans of dancers revealed increased neurological activity when a dancer viewed steps he or she could execute.
- #15: Multiple perspectives surround this topic, including those that state the arts do not affect academic success, current brain scans are not reliable, and listening to classical music may be a sole factor increasing academic success. Collected research, however, supports the perspective that dance education improves academic success, brain scans are conducted with the best available technology, and motor areas of the brain are activated even without music.
- #17: In response to these findings and other scientific studies, schools should implement dance programs and parents should enroll their children in dance classes. Hopefully these studies will shine a new light on dance and permit the art form to thrive in today’s society.
- #18: Are there any questions at this time?