A Class from UNC Extended Studies

STRATEGIES FOR USING MOVEMENT AS A TEACHING TOOL, DNCE 508

Dates: July 12 & 14, 9:00 am. to 4:00 pm. with a break for lunch, and 
July 16, 9:00 am. to noon, 2010.

Content: Emphasis is on teaching academic concepts through movement. Participants learn how to create & tailor movement experiences appropriate for communicating ideas & content to students. A Multiple Intelligences approach to teaching is demonstrated throughout the class, along with Active Learning teaching strategies.

Credit: Class is worth one hour of university graduate credit.

Location: The UNC Denver Center at Lowry

Instructor: Sandra Minton, Ph.D., University of Northern Colorado Emeritus
Faculty. Call 303-450-6347 or e-mail slminto@msn.com for specific questions on course content. Minton has presented many workshops for teachers, & teaches in & does research in the schools. She is also the author of a number of books and articles on teaching movement and dance.

Registration: Office of Extended Studies, University of Northern Colorado. Outside Greeley call toll free: 1-800-232-1749. In Greeley call: 351-2944        

Registration deadline: July 5, 2010      

Cost: $195 which includes detailed class hand-outs of movement ideas, movement-based lessons and entire dances.

USING MOVEMENT AS A TEACHING TOOL IN INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION, DNCE 508

University of Northern Colorado Extended Studies
On-Line Class

Dates: September 20 to December 6, 2010

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. 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: February 8, 2010

Cost: $390 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.