This week’s lesson was on Dance and also was looking at cultural relevance, performative and kinesthetic understanding.

The class was able to try a form of Greek traditional group dance during our time in the gym. I think this was a very good way to approach dancing to the students.

Many times, when I look back, dancing section of physical education was something not everyone enjoyed. However, this particular lesson had a cultural aspect as well as teamwork and a lot of movements that varied in complexity and intensity.

I think the dance lesson was really well planned out to accommodate an intensive physical activity that helped students to move while dancing and also brought in the aspect of inclusivity for all students where all students had to do the same thing to achieve certain goal, which was to make a big circle and dance in sync to the music.

I think dance lesson should be more active and also be accommodating for creativity for students to try new things and also be inclusive. Sometimes, some students do not like to dance and something simple like jumping and kicking could help them to engage in the activity without even realizing that it is a form of dance that the student is doing.

Overall, it was great to see how the dancing lesson was fun for everyone and got everyone to become engaged in the activity.

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