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Senior High School Physical Education Teachers’ Lived Experiences in Teaching Dance Through Blended Learning

Pedagogy Review

ISSN (Electronic): 3028-1040 | ISSN (Print): 3028-1059

Volume 9 | Issue 1 | 2026 | 50 – 66

Jackielyn G. Pascual 1, ORCID No. 0009- 0002- 6675- 0552
Lorna A. Espeso 2, PhD, ORCID No. 0000- 0002- 2024- 2440

1Chairperson, PE Department, Adamson University, 900 San Marcelino Street, Ermita, Manila, Philippines
2Faculty, Graduate Schoo l, Adamson University, 900 San Marcelino Street, Ermita, Manila, Philippines

Article History:

Initial submission: 30 May 2026
First decision: 08 June 2026
Revision received: 20 October 2026
Accepted for publication: 28 October 2026
Online release: 04 November 2026

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Abstract

Teaching dance through blended learning requires teachers to preserve embodied demonstration, artistic expression, cultural meaning, and pedagogical connection across face-to-face and digitally mediated environments. This study explored the lived experiences of Senior High School Physical Education teachers in teaching dance through blended learning in public schools in Bulacan, Philippines. Guided by Van Manen’s phenomenology of practice, the study employed an interpretive phenomenological design involving 15 purposively selected teachers. The study collected data through semi-structured interviews and analyzed them using adapted steps from Colaizzi’s method, including transcript familiarization, identification of significant statements, formulation of meanings, thematic clustering, development of an exhaustive description, and articulation of the experience’s fundamental structure. The findings revealed that blended learning extended opportunities for self-paced rehearsal, repeated access to demonstrations, creative choreography, and reflective performance review. However, unstable connectivity, unequal access to devices, constrained home spaces, limited visibility of movement, delayed corrective feedback, and reduced teacher–student interaction disrupted the embodied, spatial, and relational dimensions of dance instruction. Teachers responded by producing short, low-data demonstration videos; modifying movements to fit available space; integrating asynchronous preparation with face-to-face refinement; and using rubrics, video evidence, self-assessment, and peer feedback. The experience’s essential structure was continuous pedagogical negotiation under conditions of partial presence, in which teachers reconstructed embodiment, feedback, interaction, and cultural expression across unevenly connected learning environments. The findings underscore the need for equitable access to technology, safe practice options, context-responsive instructional resources, protected preparation time, and professional development in blended dance pedagogy.

Keywords: blended learning, dance pedagogy, embodied learning, interpretive phenomenology, Physical Education teachers, phenomenology of practice

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APA (7th edition)

Pascual, J. G., & Espeso, L. A. (2026). Senior high school physical education teachers’ lived experiences in teaching dance through blended learning. Pedagogy Review, 9(1), 50–66. https://doi.org/10.62718/vmca.pr-ijetas.9.1.SC-0526-023.

Copyright © 2026. The Author/s. Published by VMC Analytiks Multidisciplinary Journal News Publishing Services. Senior High School Physical Education Teachers’ Lived Experiences in Teaching Dance Through Blended Learning © 2026 by Jackielyn G. Pascual and Lorna A. Espeso is an open access article licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0). This permits the copying, redistribution, remixing, transforming, and building upon the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially, provided that appropriate credit is given to the copyright owner/s through proper and standard citation.

Author contributions

Kristine Antonette C. Tengco: Conceptualization, Introduction, methodology, institutional ethics review, data gathering, thematic analysis, results, discussion, references 
Lorna Espeso: Conceptualization, Interview guide questions.

Funding

This research received no external funding.

Conflict of interest

The author s declare no conflict of interest.

Institutional ethics review statement

Ethical approval was obtained from the University Ethics Review Committee of Adamson University.

Data availability statement

Due to ethical restrictions, the data are not publicly available but may be obtained from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

Declaration of generative AI use/assistance

AI-assisted language editing and initial text drafting were performed using Grammarly and other AI tools. All generated content was critically reviewed, revised, and approved by the authors, who assume full responsibility and accountability for the final manuscript.

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