"For promoting multiple intelligence based learning and art-integrated pedagogy in the classroom lessons, teachers must intervene to infuse dance in academics. The essence should the non-art use of art to develop content based kinaesthetic intelligence. Rhythmic communication of textual material and rhythmic flow of gestures associated with key phrases can serve the purpose. To begin with the teacher must try a few lesson studies to get a feel that what does it entail for integrate dance in academic learning for both cognitive and non-cognitive gains," says Jaipur based educator and researcher, Dr Lalit Kishore, who is experimenting with art integrated learning.
For example for grade one language teaching proceed as follows.
1. Create four-line poem with two words per line
2. Decides about the gestures for each line
3. Teach gesture-word association for spoken vocabulary building
4. Teach singing of poem
6. Teach singing with gestures and movement
7. Let children practice in small for presentation
8. Let children present poem with dance steps
9. Reinforce gesture-sight vocabulary through cards
10. Make children do gesture-word and word-word matching worksheet
After teacher has prepared the research lesson, it must be rehearsed in presence of two teachers on also observe the lesson transaction. With a feedback from the two observes, the lesson should be revised and finalized. The finalized lesson should also be rehearsed.
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