PER 150 - Educational Dance

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FA, SP. This course focuses primarily on dance in Elementary Education and is required for that program. Students will explore the doing and creating of dance (process and product) and the planning and teaching of dance (lesson design and pedagogy) in the elementary classroom. Students will gain a working knowledge of the fundamentals of dance and apply them across the elementary curriculum. Students will create and peer-teach lessons in folk dance and creative dance. This course fulfills Physical Education and Recreation: Leisuer and Lifetime Activities Core.