USING MOVEMENT AS A TEACHING TOOL
IN INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION
DNCE 508

University of Northern Colorado Extended Studies
On-Line Class

Dates: September 19 to December 5

Content: Emphasis is on teaching academic concepts through movement. Participants learn to tailor movement experiences appropriate for communicating specific ideas to students. A Multiple Intelligences approach to learning is demonstrated throughout the class along with active learning teaching strategies. Dance making and connections between movement-based teaching techniques and popular educational theories are also provided.

Credit: Class is worth two hours of university graduate credit.

Location: Class is taught totally on-line.

Instructor: Sandra Minton, Ph.D. & UNC Emeritus Faculty
Call 303-450-6347 or e-mail slminto@msn.com for questions on course content.

Minton presents many workshops for teachers, teaches in & does research in the schools. She is author of a number of books on teaching movement and has had many articles published in juried journals.

Registration: UNC Office of Extended Studies, call toll free:
1-800-232-1749. In Greeley call: 351-2944   
                                  
Registration deadline: September 12, 2011

Cost: $516 for weekly lessons and a copy of Using Movement to Teach Academics: The Mind & Body As One Entity, written by the instructor & published by Rowman & Littlefield in 2008. There is no extra charge for out-of-state students.