The Psychology of Movement
The Psychology of Movement. Movement changes everything. When we move our body it changes the way we think, feel, behave and learn. Discover how movement enhances the human experience and think about how this can be applied in education, health and business (5 hours CPD)
A five-hour online course for curious thinkers and applied practitioners
The Psychology of Movement
Discoever how movement can influence connection, thinking, emotion an the physical experience.
£45 | 5 hours CPD | Online, anytime learning
Explore psychology through the Doctor Dance STEP framework and apply movement ideas in education, health, work and everyday life with Dr Peter Lovatt
What you'll learn
- Develop a clear working definition of psychology and relate it to movement and learning.
- Understand the Doctor Dance STEP framework: Social, Thinking, Emotional and Physical.
- Explore relationships between movement, creativity, convergent thinking and divergent thinking.
- Investigate the physical dimension of movement through an applied heart-rate activity.
- Explore developmental, social, biological and cognitive perspectives in psychology.
- Examine how moving with other people may influence connection and interaction.
- Consider how movement and emotion interact and how feelings may be expressed through the body.
- Generate practical ideas for using movement in education, health, work or everyday life.
This course includes:
- Five hours of self-paced CPD learning
- Pause & Reflect Activities
- Energising dance breaks
- An end-of-course multiple-choice quiz
- Short video lectures with Dr Peter Lovatt
- Active Learning Exercises
- Suggested reading and learning resources
- CPD Certificate
Course content
Section 1: An Introduction to Psychology
Build a foundation by exploring what psychology is and how developmental, social, biological and cognitive perspectives can help us think about movement, learning and human behaviour.
Section 2: Introducing the STEP Framework
Meet the Doctor Dance STEP framework: Social, Thinking, Emotional and Physical. STEP provides a memorable structure for exploring four ways in which movement may influence human experience.
Section 3: Moving Socially
Consider what happens when people move together. Explore social connection and interaction, then apply the ideas through the Finding Your Groove Active Learning Exercise.
Section 4: Moving and Thinking
Explore how movement may relate to cognitive processes, including convergent and divergent thinking. An Active Learning Exercise invites you to test and reflect on the ideas.
Section 5: Moving and Emotion
Examine the relationship between movement and emotion. Consider how movement can reflect, express or influence feeling and experiment through an applied activity.
Section 6: Moving Physically
Focus on the physical dimension of movement and its place in everyday activity. Use a simple heart-rate exercise to observe how different forms of movement affect the body.
Section 7: Summary and Knowledge Check
Connect the four STEP perspectives, consider possible applications and complete the final Dance Break, reading activity and end-of-course multiple-choice quiz.
Requirements
No prerequisites required
Description
Movement changes more than our position in space. It can shape how we connect with other people, how we think, how we experience and express emotion, and what happens in the body.
The Psychology of Movement is a five-hour, self-paced introduction to the relationship between movement and psychological processes. You will begin with four broad areas of psychology before exploring movement through the Doctor Dance STEP framework: Social, Thinking, Emotional and Physical.
The course combines short video lectures with Pause & Reflect Activities, Active Learning Exercises, suggested reading and Dance Breaks. You will investigate ideas by doing as well as listening – from finding your groove and exploring creative thinking to expressing emotion and observing changes in heart rate.
The emphasis is on making Psychology understandable, memorable and applicable. By the end, you will be able to generate informed ideas for using movement within education, health, workplaces or everyday life. Successful completion of the final quiz leads to a five-hour CPD Certificate of Completion.
Who is the course for?
- Teachers and educators interested in movement as part of learning.
- Health, wellbeing and community practitioners exploring accessible movement ideas.
- Dance and movement professionals who want a psychological framework for their practice.
- Workplace practitioners interested in movement, thinking and connection.
- Curious thinkers who want to understand how moving the body can shape human experience.
Course Content
Welcome to The Psychology of Movement
About Instructor
Course Includes
- 30 Lessons
- 1 Quiz
- Course Certificate
