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Needham-Beck, Sarah C.; Aujla, Imogen. J. – Research in Dance Education, 2021
The lack of systematic training available for young dancers with disabilities has previously presented a barrier for those wishing to develop their skills and pursue a career in dance. Recently, a number of initiatives have launched to help bridge this gap; however, currently no established assessment measures exist that are sensitive to the needs…
Descriptors: Performance Tests, Test Construction, Test Reliability, Inclusion
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Brianna M. Anderson; Dana Kalil; Tricia Vause; Linda Morrice; Sarah Davis; Priscilla Burnham Riosa – Journal of the International Society for Teacher Education, 2024
Neurodiverse children in day treatment programs often experience behavioral challenges that limit their opportunities to engage in recreational physical activities. These activities are important for physical health and aid in developing motor and socio-emotional skills. The present study used an explanatory sequential mixed methods design to…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Community Programs, Behavior Problems, Psychomotor Skills
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Barry, Sarah M. – Journal of Dance Education, 2017
In redesigning a pedagogy course for college dance majors, the author sought ways to provide practical teaching experience for students that coincided with making connections within the local community. Through research on best practices in service-learning courses, diverse methods of reflection proved key toward enhancing student experience…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Dance, Dance Education, Reflection
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Çetin, Zeynep; Erdem Çevikbas, Pelin – Research in Dance Education, 2020
The major importance of preschool children's mental health with regard to their emotional and social development has a documented ground in the literature. In these domains, it is crucial for young children to learn how to express their emerging emotions appropriately and efficiently. Creative dance and movement is already being used as a…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Mental Health, Creativity, Dance
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Schupp, Karen – Research in Dance Education, 2020
This article seeks to reveal and problematize the multi-layered construction of whiteness in dance competition culture by illuminating assumptions about technique embedded in 'all styles' competition dancers perform on stage. The phrase 'dance all styles' is a shorthand of sorts for those in dance competition culture, as what they really mean is…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Competition, Whites, Racial Bias
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Mabingo, Alfdaniels; Ssemaganda, Gerald; Sembatya, Edward; Kibirige, Ronald – Journal of Dance Education, 2020
Indigenous dances in communities that underwent European colonialism and Christianization are currently practiced in environments that still carry colonial legacies. Without formal dance teachers' training programs and frameworks, individuals in postcolonial Africa have leveraged local resources, social experiences, and individual innovation to…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Indigenous Knowledge, Dance, Foreign Countries
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Suppo, Jennifer L.; Swank, TaMara – Journal of Dance Education, 2020
This article provides an overview of a proactive approach to collaboration for both dance and teacher education. Collaboration was examined through the lens of assisting children with disabilities to reach their maximum potential in the art of dance. The purpose of the research project was to examine pre-service teachers, in both dance and…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Children, Disabilities, Preservice Teachers
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Pentz, Julie L. – Arts Education Policy Review, 2020
Parents and guardians are the first individuals who impact a child's daily life. However, no single person is responsible for the growth and development of a nation's children. Collaboration is critical to a successful community-based program. One often hears the phrase, taken from an African proverb, it takes a village to raise a child. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dance Education, Cooperation, Parents as Teachers
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Buono, Alexia; Burnidge, Anne – Journal of Dance Education, 2022
This article describes dance/STEAM-based educational workshops for 3rd and 4th graders at a local science museum led by the artistic director and members of a professional dance company and supported by a large university research community. The overarching pedagogical goal was to use dance to learn about science and science to learn about dance.…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, STEM Education, Art Education
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Doberneck, Diane M.; Dann, Shari L. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2019
Community-engaged scholars, practitioners, and community partners often find the language of community engagement challenging. Words like "participate," "collaborate," "partner," or "engage" fail to convey who in a community-university partnership has voice and authority in decision-making and responsibility…
Descriptors: Service Learning, School Community Relationship, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
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Ssebuuma, Antonio Bukhar; Martin, Rose – Teaching Artist Journal, 2018
This article critically explores two dance educators' reflections of difference in dance learning and teaching. We pose the question, How as educators might we facilitate and view difference? What have we learned in our teaching practices that aims to celebrate difference? Through the sharing of narratives and reflections about our experiences of…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Student Diversity, Consciousness Raising, Foreign Countries
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Andersson, Ninnie – Research in Dance Education, 2018
The aim of this study is to illuminate and discuss assessment within dance education in Swedish upper secondary schools through teachers' reflections. The study investigates how teachers reflect upon the range of possibilities explored and difficulties encountered in their assessment practice. In order to be able to comprehend the phenomenon of…
Descriptors: Dance, Dance Education, Teaching Experience, Prerequisites
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Østern, Tone Pernille; Irgens, Eirik J. – Research in Dance Education, 2018
One Saturday, in November in 2014, a researcher made an explorative intervention with 22 professional performing and teaching dance artists on the independent dance field in Norway. Through the three-hour-long intervention, the researcher and participants dived into questions about choreographic processes and dance pedagogy in contemporary times.…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Dance, Teaching Methods, Intervention
Gibbs, Lisa – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Dance as an academic endeavor has held a place in higher education since 1926. From its beginnings as a major of study under a department of physical education, dance in academia moved into departments of fine arts and flourished as an expressive art form in the mid to late 20th century. In the 1990s, dance in K12 education similarly moved from…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Undergraduate Study
Maha Afra – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This qualitative case study of a Southern California community college dance program explored structural/administrative and social/cultural barriers faced by faculty and students who plan to transfer to university dance programs that require an audition for admission. Interviews with faculty (n = 4) and recent alumni (n = 6) were analyzed with…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Dance Education, College Faculty, Community College Students
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