摘要：The aim of this study was to investigate: a. the effect of an interdisciplinary
program of Greek traditional dance by the means of the teamwork method of
teaching social skills to students. b. whether this effect was similar for boys and
girls. The sample of the study constituted of 206 elementary school pupils (4th,
5th, and 6th class). The intervention program lasted for two months. There were a
total of sixteen lessons (2 per week) which concerned the acquisition of social
skills through Greek traditional dance (the experimental group). The method in use
was either the group divided work or teamwork. The Greek version (Masadis et al.,
2016) of Matson Evaluation of Social Skills with Youngsters (MESSY-II) (Matson
et al., 2012) was applied to collect the research data. This in order to be analysed
required the following statistical analysis: a. Descriptive statistics b. t-test for
independent sample c. Reliability analysis (Cronbach’s α) and d. Repeated
Measures ANOVA. The findings and the evaluation of the study suggest that the
teamwork method is the most appropriate to adopt in social skills learning for the
last 3 grades of primary school and traditional dancing the best choice to make.
关键词：dance; teaching methods; socialization; cooperation; social skills
