Creativity Through Embodied Movement in Expressive Activities: Conceptualising a New Pedagogical Model

ABSTRACT

This work aimed to outline the first stages for the development of a pedagogical model for teaching-learning of expressive content within physical education (creative body movement). Drawing on several suggestions from previous models’ conceptualizations, we explore and present the theoretical foundations, practical considerations, and assumptions that align and support their core features. The major theme of the model is that students explore new expressive movements and develop capabilities through expressive games or tasks that nurture their creativity and ease their embodied movements. This implies that teachers should provide students with several resources and stimuli to nurture their creativity. Also, teachers should promote students’ embodiment through the exploration of new movements that allow knowing themselves in different movement situations. The affective and cognitive domains will be prominent in this model. The teachers’ and students’ assumptions, implementation needs, and enactment about how to apply this model are also proposed.

KEYWORDS:

• Expressiveness
• creativity
• physical education
• models-based practice
• embodiment

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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Funding

The first and second authors were hired by grants funded by the Spanish Ministry of Universities through the European Union-Next Generation [Postdoc Margarita Salas 2022-2024 funded by the University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain].