Dance Learning for Children with Moderate Mental Retardation at the Pembina State Special Education School of Yogyakarta

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10.2991/assehr.k.200115.063How to use a DOI?

Keywords

dance learning, moderate mental retardation, special education school

Abstract

SLB Pembina Yogyakarta concentrated on students with mental retardation category of mild, moderate, to severe scales. Dance learning was given to all students as an extracurricular activity to hone the children’s motor skills. This study aimed to describe the dance learning for children with moderate intellectual disabilities in SLB Pembina Yogyakarta. The method used was qualitative perspective with data collection techniques, namely are learning process observation, interviews with teachers, and dance learning documentation. The results showed that: 1. Children with moderate intellectual disabilities had a good grasp in dance learning. 2. Dance learning strategies in SLB Pembina used direct learning techniques with demonstration and audio-visual methods 3. The evaluation was done with dance performance at the end of the meeting. Suggestion for the dance teacher of students with intellectual disabilities was the innovation in the method, so that children were interested in learning motion exploration through learning outside the classroom.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Heni Siswantari
AU  - Mira Setia Wati
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/01/20
TI  - Dance Learning for Children with Moderate Mental Retardation at the Pembina State Special Education School of Yogyakarta
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Innovative Research Across Disciplines (ICIRAD 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 385
EP  - 390
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200115.063
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200115.063
ID  - Siswantari2020
ER  -