Full Description
The first of its kind, this volume presents research-based fictionalized case studies from experts in the field of dance education, examining theory and practice developed from real-world scenarios that call for ethical decision-making. Dilemmas faced by dance educators in the studio, on stage, in recreation centers and correctional facilities, and on social media are explored, accompanied by activities for humanizing dance pedagogy.
These challenges converge from educational policies and mandates developed over the past two decades, including teacher-proof "scripted" curriculum, high-stakes testing, standardization, and methods-centered teacher preparation; difficulties are often perpetuated by those who want to make change happen but do not know how.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Doug Risner and Karen Schupp
Section One: Early Childhood and Elementary Dance Education
Section Editors: Theresa Purcell Cone and Susan W. Stinson
Section Introduction
Susan W. Stinson and Theresa Purcell Cone
Culture and Conflict: Planning a Dance Partnership
Marissa Beth Nesbit
Activity: What Parents Can Teach Us About Students
Karen Schupp and Doug Risner
The Ethics of Discussing Religious Beliefs in a Primary Dance Classroom
Becky Dyer and Susan W. Stinson
Activity: The Global Village
Doug Risner
Challenges and Solutions to Including Students with Disabilities
Theresa Purcell Cone, Doug Risner and Karen Schupp
Activity: What Body Dances?
Karen Schupp and Doug Risner
She Wants to Dance with the Boys
Monica J. Cameron Frichtel
Activity: Dancing Your Gender
Doug Risner and Karen Schupp
Values Inventory: Installment
Doug Risner
Section Two: Middle School and High School Dance Education
Section Editor: Pam Musil
Section Introduction
Pam Musil
Dance in the Crossfire
Marissa Beth Nesbit with Adeena Lago
Activity: Changing Grades
Doug Risner
Dancing in Bars
Pam Musil
Activity: Uncovering Hidden Messages
Karen Schupp and Doug Risner
Waltzing with the Enemy
Kori Wakamatsu
Activity: Bystander Intervention: When It Is Your Business
Karen Schupp
Negotiating Challenges with Social Media: #overexposed
Kori Wakamatsu
Activity: Screens Out!
Doug Risner
American Ethnocentrism
Pam Musil
Activity: Whose America? Our America, of Course!
Karen Schupp and Doug Risner
The Imperfect Advocate: Supporting Transgender Students in the Dance Class
Marissa Beth Nesbit
Activity: Speaking Transgender
Karen Schupp
Values Inventory: Installment
Doug Risner
Section Three: Dance Teacher Preparation and Postsecondary Dance Education
Section Editor: Elizabeth McPherson
Section Introduction
Elizabeth McPherson with Donna A. Dragon; Doug Risner and Karen Schupp
The Cultural Assumptions We Carry
Stephanie Milling
Activity: My Education
Doug Risner
Why Grade Inflation and Teacher Dispositions Don't
Elizabeth McPherson, Doug Risner and Karen Schupp
Activity: Honest Gestures
Karen Schupp
Confronting Urban Phobias
Elizabeth McPherson with Kathleen Isaac
Activity: Anti-Racism Boxes
Doug Risner
Whistleblowing Adolescent Sexual Abuse
Barbara Bashaw and Marissa Beth Nesbit
Activity: Doing the Right Thing or Doing Things Right?
Karen Schupp
Where to Draw the Line
Karen Schupp and Robin Prichard
Activity: Motivating Growth
Karen Schupp
When Department Policy Limits Teaching
Tanya Berg and Doug Risner
Activity: Make the Case
Doug Risner
Teaching Contact Improvisation: Touching and Being Touched
Tanya Berg and Doug Risner
Activity: Touchy Subjects
Doug Risner
Values Inventory: Installment
Doug Risner
Section Four: Community Dance
Section Editors: Sherrie Barr and Miriam Giguere
Section Introduction
Sherrie Barr and Miriam Giguere
Whose Class Is It Anyway?
Sherrie Barr and Miriam Giguere with Mary Fitzgerald
Activity: Social Immersion Project
Doug Risner
Dancing Within Prison Walls
Sherrie Barr, Miriam Giguere and Susan Bendix
Activity: Critical Field Observations
Doug Risner
Intergenerational Moves
Sherrie Barr and Miriam Giguere with Susan Bendix
Activity: What Should Dance Education Look Like?
Doug Risner
Why Do I Have to Perform?
Miriam Giguere and Sherrie Barr
Activity: Performing Your Values
Karen Schupp and Doug Risner
Teaching Artist Advocates: The Difference We Can Make
Doug Risner and Karen Schupp
Activity: Heterosexual Questionnaire
Doug Risner
Values Inventory: Installment
Doug Risner
Appendix I: Teachers' Guide
Appendix II: Field Observation Notes Template
Works Cited
About the Contributors
Index
