| Description |
xvi, 543 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction : thinking about dance education -- Viewing educational dance from an arts education perspective -- Examining how national arts initiatives affect dance -- Adopting your roles and responsibilities for teaching -- Emphasizing aspects of student-centered learning -- Identifying the cornerstones of dance as art in education -- Dancing and performing : cornerstone 1 -- Creating and composing : cornerstone 2 -- Knowing history, culture, and context : cornerstone 3 -- Analyzing and critiquing : cornerstone 4 -- Constructing artistic bridges to other disciplines -- Creating and maintaining an effective arts learning environment -- Investigating the arts savvy curriculum, instruction, and assessment triad -- Integrating the cornerstones to create units of study in dance -- Creating a unit of study using an arts education perspective -- Reflecting on teaching -- Developing an arts-oriented teaching portfolio |
| Summary |
Suitable for students taking dance and dance education courses. This book helps teachers know what to expect from children of different ages when teaching dance. It describes the main developmental aspects of teaching dance, addressing the intellectual, physical, artistic, social and emotional aspects. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-534) and index |
| Subject |
Dance -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- United States.
|
|
Dance -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States.
|
|
Dance -- Curricula -- United States.
|
|
Public schools -- Curricula -- United States.
|
| Reading List |
ECA731 prescribed text 2024
|
|
ECA733 recommended text 2024
|
|
ECA735 prescribed text 2024
|
| LC no. |
2006002873 |
| ISBN |
9780736051880 : |
|
0736051880 hardback |
|
