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Chen, Shwu-Meei; Lee, Young Ah – International Journal of Multicultural Education, 2015
Research in Taiwan has shown that aboriginal students often have low self-esteem and a negative view of their life due to their heritage. This research studied 14 Taiwan aboriginal students to understand how the experience of an aboriginal dance club influenced the development of their ethnic identity. The results showed that the experiences of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Dance, Youth Clubs
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Carlisle, Katie – General Music Today, 2013
This article presents steps toward gaining knowledge of world music pedagogy for K-12 general music educators. The majority of the article details steps that invite engagement within everyday contexts with accessible resources within local and online communities. The steps demonstrate ways general music teachers can diversify and self-direct their…
Descriptors: Music Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Music Teachers, Faculty Development
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Youdell, Deborah – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2012
This paper is concerned with the potential for pedagogic practices that unsettle race hierarchies and open up possibilities for young people who are minoritised and excluded through these race hierarchies to be recognised as legitimate students and learners. It explores these possibilities through an analysis of an ethnographic account of the…
Descriptors: Pacific Islanders, Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
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Brown, Angela Khristin – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2013
The migration of blacks in North America through slavery became united. The population of blacks passed down a tradition of artist through art to native born citizens. The art tradition involved telling stories to each generation in black families. The black culture elevated by tradition created hope to determine their personal freedom to escape…
Descriptors: African American Culture, Cultural Activities, Cultural Enrichment, Cultural Education
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McPherson, Robert S. – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2012
The Ute community of White Mesa, comprised of approximately 315 people, sits in the corner of southeastern Utah, eleven miles outside of Blanding. The residents, primarily of Weenuche Ute and Paiute ancestry, enjoy a cultural heritage that embraces elements from plains, mountain, and desert/Great Basin Indian culture. Among their religious…
Descriptors: American Indians, Religion, Ceremonies, Cultural Background
Leonard, Alison E. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation chronicles the qualitative case study of a dance artist-in-residence at a diverse and inclusive K-5 school in an urban district, integrating science, social studies, physical education, music, and visual arts school curriculum and culminating in two public performances. This study focused on how students made meaning through this…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Dance Education, Urban Schools
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Phillippe, Denise E. – Learning Languages, 2012
At Concordia Language Villages, language and culture are inextricably intertwined, as they are in life. Participants "live" and "do" language and culture 16 hours per day. The experiential, residential setting immerses the participants in the culture of the country or countries where the target language is spoken through food,…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Second Language Learning, Cultural Awareness, Immersion Programs
Sansom, Adrienne N. – Peter Lang New York, 2011
In the pedagogical landscape of early childhood, physical movement is central to the holistic development of young children. Yet, movement-related experiences and other bodily activities such as play and dance often present contradictions and conundrums for early childhood educators. As a mode of learning, movement has endured a questionable…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dance, Teacher Education Programs, Early Childhood Education
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Calestani, Melania – Journal of Youth Studies, 2012
What does it mean to be young in El Alto, a Bolivian shantytown? Based on ethnographic research, this article looks at cultural resilience among young people in a vulnerable urban context. It emphasises how young people value informal youth groups as a tool to valorise their own indigenous culture. This is echoed in the world of adults, implying…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Young Adults, Adolescents, Foreign Countries
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Bradley, Karen Kohn – Journal of Dance Education, 2009
At Arts Advocacy Day 2009 in Washington, over 500 citizens educated, advocated, and lobbied for federal support for the arts and its positive impact on the U.S. economy. This year the Nancy Hanks Lecture was given by Wynton Marsalis, whose extraordinary address voiced the potential of the arts in this new era of hope. For dance educators, Marsalis…
Descriptors: Dance, Dance Education, Advocacy, Cultural Activities
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Banks, Ojeya Cruz – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2009
This paper examines how the historical punishment of the dancing body in (post)colonial contexts has been a measure for controlling the mind and undertaking effective cultural imperialism. I bring to focus the striking global dance movement to revitalise oppressed dance forms, in an effort to do what Tuhiwai Smith calls "the recovery of…
Descriptors: Dance, Instruction, Foreign Policy, Dance Education
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Pagona, Bournelli – Research in Dance Education, 2008
The aim of this study is to present Rallou Manou's work, as well as to demonstrate her contribution to the development and emergence of modern dance in Greece. The data used were mostly collected from Rallou Manou's personal "Archive," but also from published reviews, interviews from her students and the personal experience of the…
Descriptors: Dance, Dance Education, Foreign Countries, Theater Arts
Olvera, Anna E. – American Journal of Health Education, 2008
Physical activity has many physical and mental health outcomes. However, physical inactivity continues to be common. Dance, specifically cultural dance, is a type of physical activity that may appeal to some who are not otherwise active and may be a form of activity that is more acceptable than others in certain cultures. The purpose of this paper…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Intervention, Dance, Mental Health
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Galindo, Rene; Medina, Christina – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2009
Parental agency is examined in the creation of a dance performance by a group of Mexican immigrant mothers that combined a mixture of genres into an educational message. The "folklorico" performance resulted from a process of cultural appropriation involving linguistic, cultural, and experiential "translations." This process was concerned with…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Mexican Americans
Brown, Ruth Nicole, Ed.; Kwakye, Chamara Jewel, Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2012
"Wish To Live: The Hip-hop Feminism Pedagogy Reader" moves beyond the traditional understanding of the four elements of hip-hop culture--rapping, breakdancing, graffiti art, and deejaying--to articulate how hip-hop feminist scholarship can inform educational practices and spark, transform, encourage, and sustain local and global youth…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Freedom, Intimacy, Autobiographies
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