Learning Form and Function by Dance-Dramatizing Cultural Legends to Drum Rhythms Wearing Student-Made Animal Masks

Autor/inn/en	Gray, Phyllis; Rule, Audrey C.; Kirkland Holmes, Gloria; Logan, Stephanie R.; Alert, Andrea L.; Mason, Cynthia A.
Titel	Learning Form and Function by Dance-Dramatizing Cultural Legends to Drum Rhythms Wearing Student-Made Animal Masks
Quelle	In: Journal of STEM Arts, Crafts, and Constructions, 1 (2016) 1, S.75-97 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2475-966X
Schlagwörter	Self Efficacy; Science Instruction; Teaching Methods; Enrichment Activities; Interdisciplinary Approach; Experiential Learning; Animals; Dance; Drama; Puppetry; STEM Education; Pretests Posttests; Cultural Awareness; Ethnic Groups; Cultural Influences; After School Programs; African Culture; American Indian Culture; Mexicans; Art Activities; Social Studies; Student Motivation; Academic Standards; Low Income Groups; Elementary School Students; Middle School Students; Folk Culture; Music Activities; Iowa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Bereicherungsprogramm; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Tanz; Schauspiel; Puppenspiel; STEM; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Ethnie; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Africa; Culture; Afrika; Kultur; Mexikaner; Künstlerische Tätigkeit; Gemeinschaftskunde; Schulische Motivation; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Musikalische Aktion
Abstract	This study examined the self-efficacy in science, art, dance, and music; attitudes concerning contributions of people of various ethnic/cultural groups; and science learning of students involved in an after-school arts-integrated science enrichment project. Students dramatized three traditional animal legends from African, Native American, and Mexican cultures to drum beats while wearing student-made papier-mâché helmet crest masks of the animal characters. They learned the structure and functions of the featured animals through slide shows, embedded explanations in the play scripts, and hands-on form and function analogy materials that related the form and function of animal body parts to manufactured items. Although at least 40 students participated at times in the after-school program, matching pretest and posttest data were only available for 13 students. Results showed positive changes in students' art self-efficacy with a medium effect size, improvements in knowledge of animal form and function with a large effect size, and a trend toward greater appreciation of the cultural contributions of different ethnic groups. Photographs of student-made masks and the animal legend scripts with added form-and-function content are provided. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01