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Movement education is an educational approach that uses purposeful physical movement as the core medium for learning motor competence, body awareness, spatial understanding, and expressive capability [1][2][3][4]. It focuses on how individuals move (e.g., body, space, effort, and relationships) rather than only on performance in specific sports, and it develops foundational movement patterns through exploration, guided practice, and reflection [1][2]. Movement education is characterized by learner-centered tasks, progressive skill development, and integration of cognitive, physical, and affective learning outcomes [2][3][4]. In school and developmental contexts, the term denotes structured pedagogy for broad movement literacy and adaptable physical competence, rather than narrow training in isolated athletic techniques.

movement education physical literacy motor development movement competence

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  1. Laban, R. Modern Educational Dance, 3rd ed.; Macdonald and Evans: London, 1975. https://archive.org/details/moderneducationa0000laba_3edi.
  2. Judith H. Placek; Lawrence F. Locke; Research on Teaching Physical Education: New Knowledge and Cautious Optimism. J. Teach. Educ. 1986, 37, 24-28. [CrossRef]
  3. Gallahue, D. L.; Donnelly, F. C. Developmental Physical Education for All Children, 4th ed.; Human Kinetics: Champaign, IL, 2003. https://www.scirp.org/reference/referencespapers?referenceid=1328757.
  4. SHAPE America. National Standards & Grade-Level Outcomes for K–12 Physical Education; Human Kinetics: Champaign, IL, 2014. https://www.shapeamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/Grade-Level-Outcomes-for-K-12-Physical-Education.pdf.
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