The effect of utilizing others’ kinesthetic picture on kinesthetic formation

－In a junior high school apparatus gymnastics class in health and physical education －

Abstract

 Today, in junior high school health and physical education, it is very important to consciously learn forms of movement, as students must acquire not only motor skills but also thinking and decision making ability. Therefore, in our previous studies, we focused on learners’ self kinesthetic picture, and investigated its effectiveness from the standpoint of phenomenological movement theory in motor learning.

 The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of utilizing others’ kinesthetic picture on students’ kinesthetic formation. Based on the study’s methodology, students added others’ kinesthetic picture to their own self kinesthetic picture in the floor exercise, and were able to deepen their kinesthetic communication based on the pictures, with the result that their motor skills, thinking and decision making ability noticeably improved. The results demonstrated that the utilization of others’ kinesthetic picture was useful for motor learning.