Physical Education Initiatives for Early Childhood Learners

Physical Education Initiatives for Early Childhood Learners
Author: Gil-Madrona, Pedro
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 431
Release: 2021-04-02
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1799875873

In early childhood education, children find in their own body and movement the main way to get in touch with the reality that surrounds them and, therefore, acquire knowledge about the environment in which they grow and develop. Undoubtedly, the progressive discovery of the body itself as a source of feelings and sensations, as well as exploring the different possibilities of action and bodily functions, constitutes necessary experiences on which children's thinking is built. Furthermore, the affective relationships established in psychomotor education situations, and particularly through play, are essential for the emotional development of children. Physical Education Initiatives for Early Childhood Learners offers globalized educational practices, didactic approaches, and proposals for intervention around motor development in the children ages 0-6 years. The book specifically explores laterality, coordination, relaxation, rhythm, etc. and how these are achieved through games, music, and motor stories. This book is ideal for early childhood educators, physical education teachers, administrators, daycares, preschools, early childhood learning centers, researchers, academicians, and students interested in physical education’s role in early child development.

Research Anthology on Music Education in the Digital Era

Research Anthology on Music Education in the Digital Era
Author: Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 469
Release: 2022-02-11
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1668453576

Music is a vital piece of life that not only allows individuals a chance to express themselves, but also an opportunity for people and communities to come together. Music has evolved in recent years as society turns toward a digital era where content can be shared across the world at a rapid pace. Music education and how it is spread has a number of possibilities and opportunities in this new era as it has never been easier for people to access music and learn. Further study on the best practices of utilizing the digital age for music education is required to ensure its success. The Research Anthology on Music Education in the Digital Era discusses best practices and challenges in music education and considers how music has evolved throughout the years as society increasingly turns its attention to online learning. This comprehensive reference source also explores the implementation of music for learning in traditional classrooms. Covering a range of topics such as music integration, personalized education, music teacher training, and music composition, this reference work is ideal for scholars, researchers, practitioners, academicians, administrators, instructors, and students.

Movimiento y expresión corporal

Movimiento y expresión corporal
Author: Vilma Lení Nista-Piccolo
Publisher: Narcea Ediciones
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2017-01-17
Genre: Education
ISBN: 8427722753

La finalidad de la Educación Infantil es favorecer el desarrollo integral de los niños en todos sus aspectos: físico, intelectual, lingüístico, afectivo y social, procurando complementar la educación que reciben en la familia y en el contexto social en el que viven. Para desarrollar su sociabilidad y su afectividad, los niños necesitan interaccionar con otras personas a través de la comunicación que se expresa, a su vez, por el lenguaje y la motricidad. El libro abarca diversos aspectos del crecimiento como la creatividad, la importancia de la motricidad, el juego y el aspecto lúdico de las actividades. Comprender que los niños son portadores de múltiples potencialidades exige de los profesores una gran pluralidad y diversidad en las actividades y proyectos que puedan proponer. El libro, impreso a todo color y con más de cien imágenes expresivas del contenido que se describe, ofrece a los educadores y educadoras, junto a una base teórica sólida y documentada, un repertorio de más de treinta actividades para realizar con niños de Educación Infantil. Las actividades motrices y juegos se pueden realizar, tanto formando parte del currículo de esta etapa como en educación no formal o en ambientes familiares.

Complex Systems in Sport

Complex Systems in Sport
Author: Keith Davids
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2013-11-20
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1136482156

Complex systems in nature are those with many interacting parts, all capable of influencing global system outcomes. There is a growing body of research that has modeled sport performance from a complexity sciences perspective, studying the behavior of individual athletes and sports teams as emergent phenomena which self-organise under interacting constraints. This book is the first to bring together experts studying complex systems in the context of sport from across the world to collate core theoretical ideas, current methodologies and existing data into one comprehensive resource. It offers new methods of analysis for investigating representative complex sport movements and actions at an individual and team level, exploring the application of methodologies from the complexity sciences in the context of sports performance and the organization of sport practice. Complex Systems in Sport is important reading for any advanced student or researcher working in sport and exercise science, sports coaching, kinesiology or human movement.