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Dance and School Age Children’s Psycho-Motor Development: The Oseretzky-Guilmain Test
Author(s)
Palumbo Carmen, Pallonetto Lucia and Ambretti Antinea
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DOI:10.17265/2332-7839/2020.01.001
Affiliation(s)
Department of Human, Philosophical and Educational Sciences, University of Salerno, Fisciano Salerno 84084, Italy
ABSTRACT
The importance of the
relationship between the integration of sensory inputs and motor actions has
given rise to large number of researches that have demonstrated how it is a
necessary function not only for good academic performance but also for a proper
development of the organizational thinking. The ability of sensory-motor
integration is today recognized a central role in the integral formation of the
subject (Viviani, Stucchi 1992). The Italian National Guidelines for the
curriculum of primary school of 2012 require the achievement of motor skills
related to balance and motor coordination as one of the goals for skill
development at the end of primary school, measurable through a different use of
evaluation tools. Among the several motor assessment tests recognised by the
international scientific community, the Oseretzky-Guilmain test could be
considered among evaluation tools for the possible detection of the psychomotor
age, referring in detail to three categories such as: “balancing” on one leg; “staying” with your
eyes closed on your toes and “jumping” on one leg. The Salerno research group
conducted a field research involving a sample of 320 children, aged 6-8, whose
only the half part practicing sport (dance), who were given Oseretzky-Guilmain tests represents a valid
instruments of assessing the general coordination and balance and their
constitutive elements. The aim of the research has highlighted the importance
of an use of motor evaluation assessment in the primary school that is required
to bring out potentialities and plurality of limits of each pupil, which are
essential for effective customized teaching planning of educational act. It has been shown
that children practicing sport-dance in our study case, pass the above tests easier than those ones not doing
any physical exercises.
KEYWORDS
Educational dance, psyco-motor, Oseretzky-Guilmain test.
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