ABSTRACT

The current study focuses on motor creativity in children by analyzing the factors related to teaching dance improvisation. A qualitative methodology is adopted to collect the expert dance instructors’ conceptions of using dance improvisation in their teaching practice. Participants took part in semi–structured interviews that included questions about improvisation in dance education for children on topics like meanings, the motor and mental skills involved, motor creativity development, basic exercises, and the most frequently used ideas for organizing and teaching a typical lesson. Data were examined using content analysis, and the following macro areas were highlighted: creativity, movement, holistic development, and holistic education. The findings provided evidence of participants’ conceptions of and ideas about dance improvisation and creativity development in children. The participants demonstrated awareness of the potentialities of dance improvisation and its usefulness for creativity development in children. The findings are discussed in the framework of general theories of creativity, highlighting the implications of using improvisation in education.

抽象的

当前的研究通过分析与即兴舞蹈教学相关的因素，着重于儿童的运动创造力。采用定性方法来收集专业舞蹈教练在教学实践中使用即兴舞蹈的观念。参加者参加了半结构化访谈，其中包括有关儿童舞蹈教育即兴创作的问题，涉及的涵义包括含义，所涉及的运动和心理技能，运动创造力的发展，基本练习以及组织和教授典型课程的最常用的想法。使用内容分析检查了数据，并突出了以下宏观领域：创造力，运动，整体发展和整体教育。这些发现提供了参与者对儿童即兴舞蹈和创造力发展的观念和想法的证据。参与者表现出对即兴舞蹈的潜力及其对儿童创造力发展的帮助的认识。研究结果在一般创造力理论的框架内进行了讨论，突出了在教育中使用即兴创作的意义。