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List Books » Martial Arts Instruction: Applying Educational Theory and Communication Techniques in the Dojo
Authors: Lawrence A. Kane
ISBN-13: 9781594390241, ISBN-10: 159439024X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: YMAA Publication Center
Date Published: October 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Incorporates lesson plan development, discusses instructional implications of learning style differences, and demonstrated how to foster an environment conducive to learning.
Foreword | ix | |
Preface | xi | |
Acknowledgments | xv | |
Introduction | xvii | |
Chapter 1 | Understanding Learning Style Differences | 1 |
All Students Are Not Alike | 3 | |
Contribution of the Five Senses to Memory Retention | 4 | |
Characteristics of Auditory Learners | 5 | |
Characteristics of Kinesthetic Learners | 6 | |
Characteristics of Visual Learners | 8 | |
Summary | 9 | |
Chapter 2 | Using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Tool to Understand Student Predilections | 11 |
Understanding Personality Types | 12 | |
Accommodating Learning Style Preferences | 18 | |
Observable Behavior Patterns | 20 | |
Applying MBTI to Accommodate Student Predilections | 21 | |
Applying MBTI Preferences to Motivate Martial Arts Students | 26 | |
Teaching Children | 30 | |
Teaching Adults | 36 | |
Summary | 38 | |
Chapter 3 | Application of the Six Teaching Styles to Martial Arts | 41 |
(1) | Modeling | 42 |
(2) | Lecturing | 43 |
(3) | Cooperative Performance | 44 |
(4) | Independent Performance | 46 |
(5) | Knowledge Capture | 48 |
(6) | Role Reversal | 49 |
Summary | 51 | |
Chapter 4 | Fostering a Positive Learning Environment | 53 |
Attitude | 56 | |
Etiquette | 62 | |
Tradition | 65 | |
Emotional Environment | 68 | |
Physical Environment | 69 | |
Tailoring to Special Student Needs | 73 | |
Exemplary Students, Exemplary Instructors | 75 | |
Summary | 87 | |
Chapter 5 | Dojo Lesson Planning | 89 |
Formal Plans for Individual Lessons | 91 | |
Classroom Management | 93 | |
Testing and Advancement Principles | 96 | |
Progression of Class Activities | 102 | |
Opening and Closing Ceremonies | 103 | |
Teaching Daruma | 103 | |
Teaching Kigu Hojo Undo | 108 | |
Codification of Technique and Learning Velocity | 110 | |
Teaching Kata | 113 | |
Teaching Bunkai | 119 | |
Teaching Kiso Kumite | 124 | |
Teaching Self-Defense | 126 | |
Summary | 134 | |
Chapter 6 | Conclusion | 137 |
Stages of Teaching | 138 | |
Appendix A | Hokusei Yudanshakai Advancement Requirements (through Shodan) | 143 |
Basic Techniques | 143 | |
Kata & Kata Bunkai | 143 | |
Appendix B | The Kata of Goju Ryu | 149 |
Core Kata of Goju Ryu | 149 | |
Additional Kata | 151 | |
Appendix C | Determining Your Psychological Type Answer Sheet for Psychological Type Questions | 153 |
Appendix D | Sample Lesson Plan | 158 |
Appendix E | Photograph Acknowledgments | 161 |
Notes | 173 | |
Glossary | 177 | |
Bibliography | 185 | |
Index | 187 | |
About the Author | 189 |