Body percussion through Esku Dantza. Effects on emotions in students of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences

Authors

  • Silvia Garcías de Ves Institut Nacional d’Educació Física de Catalunya (INEFC), Universitat de Lleida (UdL) Partida la Caparrella s/n, E-25192, Lleida, Spain https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8731-1543
  • Alfredo Joven Pérez Grupo de investigación Didáctica de la Actividad Física para la Educación, la Cultura y el Bienestar (DECUBIAF) en el Instituto Nacional de Educación Física de Cataluña (INEFC), centro de Lleida (Universitat de Lleida) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9788-2625
  • Eloísa Lorente-Catalán Grupo de investigación Didáctica de la Actividad Física para la Educación, la Cultura y el Bienestar (DECUBIAF) en el Instituto Nacional de Educación Física de Cataluña (INEFC), centro de Lleida (Universitat de Lleida) https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3244-8013

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v45i0.91463

Keywords:

Physical education; initial training; higher education; body expression; cooperative learning; college students, moods

Abstract

Body Percussion is a content that is being used in Physical Education (PE) to develop skills related to Body Expression. After observing that there is scientific evidence of its possible socioemotional benefits on people who practice it, this study aims to analyze whether a practice of body percussion, specifically Esku Dantza, a collective dance that uses rhythmic patterns with clapping to interact with their peers, it can lead to changes in the emotional state of students in initial PE teacher training.. The POMS questionnaire was administered to 82 university students, 28 women (34.1%) and 54 men (65.9%) upon arrival to class (Pre) and upon completion (Post). The proposal followed a progressive pedagogical process that resulted in increasing the values ​​of tension and vigor as well as decreasing the values ​​of depression, anger and fatigue. At the end of the intervention, the students expressed words such as feeling energetic, happy and motivated. These results could reaffirm the possible benefits of these practices, promoting physical activity through artistic practices, not competitive; as well as generating emotional impact that, added to a significant learning, makes them internalize this practice and generates the necessary motivation to implement it in their future professional fields (educational, sports, therapeutic, ...) or can even be used as a strategy to incorporate dance between the male gender.

Author Biographies

Alfredo Joven Pérez, Grupo de investigación Didáctica de la Actividad Física para la Educación, la Cultura y el Bienestar (DECUBIAF) en el Instituto Nacional de Educación Física de Cataluña (INEFC), centro de Lleida (Universitat de Lleida)

Profesor en Deportes II: Natación, Expresión Corporal y Danza, Habilidades para la intervención profesional en la enseñanza de la motricidad, en el Máster de Gestión Deportiva y en el Máster de Dirección Deportiva en el Instituto Nacional de Educación Física de Cataluña (INEFC), centro de Lleida (Universitat de Lleida),  integrante del grupo de investigación Didáctica de la Actividad Física para la Educación, la Cultura y el Bienestar (DECUBIAF).

 

Eloísa Lorente-Catalán, Grupo de investigación Didáctica de la Actividad Física para la Educación, la Cultura y el Bienestar (DECUBIAF) en el Instituto Nacional de Educación Física de Cataluña (INEFC), centro de Lleida (Universitat de Lleida)

Profesora en Intervención y evaluación de la enseñanza de la actividad física y el deporte, coordinadora de prácticas externas y profesora en el Máster Universitario en formación del Profesorado de Secundaria y Bachillerato, Formación Profesional y Enseñanza de Idiomas en el Instituto Nacional de Educación Física de Cataluña (INEFC), centro de Lleida (Universitat de Lleida),  integrante del grupo de investigación Didáctica de la Actividad Física para la Educación, la Cultura y el Bienestar (DECUBIAF).

 

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Published

2022-06-21

How to Cite

Garcías de Ves, S., Joven Pérez, A., & Lorente-Catalán, E. (2022). Body percussion through Esku Dantza. Effects on emotions in students of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences. Retos, 45, 326–336. https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v45i0.91463

Issue

Vol. 45 (2022)

Section

Monographic. Body Expression and Research. From Occurrences to Certainties

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