Abstract In this article, we examine how to integrate movement into teaching. Through action research in four Danish primary schools, teachers and a researcher collaboratively developed movement activities in teaching.… Click to show full abstract
Abstract In this article, we examine how to integrate movement into teaching. Through action research in four Danish primary schools, teachers and a researcher collaboratively developed movement activities in teaching. The result of the research is a didactical model for Enactive Movement Integration (EMI) containing six categories of bodily practices: to mime, dramatise, gesticulate, shape, imitate, and sense. These can provide pupils with sensory-motor, affective, and intersubjective experiences with the subject matter. We conclude that this didactical model can help teachers plan and conduct Movement Integration (MI) in a way that embraces the pupils’ embodied subjectivity and enactive engagement with the subject matter.
               
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