Title: "Movement programmes as a need to learning readiness"
Abstract: Learning readiness is deficient in many first time school-going children. Learning readiness depends on a well-functioning neural network. Research has shown that movement as an early learning experience is necessary for optimal neural development. Presumably it is movement that activates the neural wiring in the brain. It influences neural organisation and stimulates the specific neurological systems required for optimal functioning and development of the brain. Some children are faced with motor proficiency deficits which may influence their learning and their readiness to learn. This study aimed at determining whether movement programmes are a means to promote and achieve learning readiness. A selected group of Grade two learners who participated in a specifically designed movement programme for ten weeks showed improvement in their levels of learning readiness based on their movement proficiency and academic level. Based on these findings, recommendations were made for the inclusion of movement in the school curriculum.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3514
2012
Author: Agnieszka Olechowska
Editor: Ewa Maria Kulesza
The Maria Grzegorzewska Academy of Special Education, Warsaw, Poland
"Movement, Vision, Hearing - The Basis of Learning"
Move to Learn Programme in Polish educational practice.
Results of pilot studies conducted in 2008-2010 as part of a project Methods of Neurodevelopmental Retardation Therapy of Children in Pre-School and Early Age financed with resources assigned to own studies of The Maria Grzegorzewska Academy of Special Education.