Teaching Dance as Art in Education / Edition 1 available in Hardcover
Teaching Dance as Art in Education / Edition 1
- ISBN-10:
- 0736051880
- ISBN-13:
- 9780736051880
- Pub. Date:
- 03/27/2006
- Publisher:
- Human Kinetics Publishers
- ISBN-10:
- 0736051880
- ISBN-13:
- 9780736051880
- Pub. Date:
- 03/27/2006
- Publisher:
- Human Kinetics Publishers
Teaching Dance as Art in Education / Edition 1
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Overview
Teaching Dance as Art in Education fosters an understanding of dance as arts education and defines the dance specialist's roles and responsibilities, including how the national arts initiatives and student-centered inquiry affect the teaching of dance. It explains how to advance student growth in the areas most critical to teaching dance: the physical, mental, artistic, and social. Content is delineated through four cornerstones of dance as art in education:
-Dancing and performing
-Creating and composing
-Knowing history, culture, and context
-Analyzing and critiquingThese cornerstones are subsequently integrated into the K-12 Dance Cornerstone Curriculum Framework, which enables dance specialists to develop substantive and sequential dance experiences for students as they progress from kindergarten through grade 12. The framework distills all the skills and concepts that dance specialists need, including developmental expectations for different ages.
Teaching Dance as Art in Education also presents a new instructional approach, the Eight-Step Plan, that facilities integration of all four dance education cornerstones into each unit to make the lessons more coherent. Further, the many features in the textbook help dance specialists become aware of not only their unique roles and responsibilities when teaching educational dance but also how to develop an arts-oriented, professional teaching portfolio.
The following user-friendly features are interwoven throughout the book:
-Reflect and Respond: Case studies, or scenarios, invite the reader to consider an issue or situation and develop a response.
-Questions to Ponder: Thought-provoking questions at the end of each chapter help readers extend and apply chapter concepts.
-Rich Resources: Suggested resources, such as books, videos, and Web sites, supplement the topics covered in the chapter.
-Notebook or Portfolio: Practical exercises to complete, record, and compile into an arts-oriented teaching portfolio are useful for future job interviews.
-Inspirational Quotes: Selected quotes from famous dancers, choreographers, and teachers support the topics covered.Teaching Dance as Art in Education reveals how to meet the National Standards in Dance Education without being driven by them, and it goes one step further—it marries dance with arts education in a way that makes teaching educational dance clear and distinct.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780736051880 |
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Publisher: | Human Kinetics Publishers |
Publication date: | 03/27/2006 |
Edition description: | First Edition |
Pages: | 560 |
Sales rank: | 493,322 |
Product dimensions: | 8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |
About the Author
During her 40-year career in arts and education, McCutchen's roles have included professor of dance education, classroom teacher, and K-12 dance specialist. McCutchen's perspective of dance as art in education is also shaped through her experience as a performer, choreographer, artistic director, arts administrator, and dance artist in residence for students in kindergarten through high school. As a leading dance curriculum consultant, McCutchen now helps clients design standards-oriented curricula for college and K-12 dance programs. She leads teacher workshops and institutes across the country.
McCutchen tirelessly works to see that dance plays a significant role in K-12 education and that dance specialists are prepared to realize the potential of dance in that setting. From 1989 to 1994, McCutchen was arts education program director for the South Carolina Arts Commission. She also coauthored the South Carolina Framework for Dance Education K-12, adopted by the state board of education in 1990 as a basis for South Carolina's curriculum development in dance education. She was a committee member for the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) INTASC Teaching Standards in the Arts. She is currently on the board of directors for the National Dance Education Organization (NDEO). She serves NDEO as vice president for programs and services as well as director of publications and resources. She helped draft Professional Teaching Standards for Dance as well as Model Program Guidelines for dance education in the United States.
McCutchen holds an MFA in dance from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNC-G) and has received awards for her contributions to the fields of dance and dance education from the South Carolina Dance Association, the National Dance Week Commission (SC Chapter), and UNC-G's School of Health and Human Performance.
Table of Contents
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Thinking About Dance EducationPart I. Why—Understanding Dance as Arts EducationChapter 1. Viewing Educational Dance From an Arts Education PerspectiveWhat Is an Arts Education Perspective?What Are the Defining Characteristics of Educational Dance?What Drives an Arts Education Perspective?
Chapter 2. Examining How National Arts Initiatives Affect DanceNational Dance Content and Achievement StandardsThe “Nation's Report Card” in DanceOther Initiatives That Affect Dance EducationNeed for Arts AlliancesAdvocacy
Chapter 3. Adopting Your Roles and Responsibilities for TeachingWhy Become a Dance Specialist?Examining K-12 Teaching Roles and ResponsibilitiesPreparing to Teach Dance as Art in K-12
Chapter 4. Emphasizing Aspects of Student-Centered LearningTaking a Child-Centered PerspectiveKinesthetic–Motor Development (Moving and Learning)Aesthetic–Artistic DevelopmentCognitive–Intellectual Development (Thinking, Perceiving, and Processing)Psychological–Social Development (Feeling and Interacting)Teaching the Whole Child
Chapter 5. Identifying the Cornerstones of Dance as Art in EducationFour CornerstonesPivotal Role of InquiryOverview of the Dance Cornerstone Curriculum FrameworkHow the Cornerstones Lay the Foundation for Accountability
Part II. What—Clarifying the Content of K-12 Educational Dance (The Cornerstones)Chapter 6. Dancing and Performing: Cornerstone 1Relation to National Standards and BeyondOverview of This CornerstoneArtful Use of the Dance ElementsVocabulary Systems Used in DanceDance Technique and Skill DevelopmentDance Cornerstone Curriculum (DCC) Framework
Chapter 7. Creating and Composing: Cornerstone 2Relation to National Standards and BeyondOverview of This CornerstoneCreative Process and ProductsCreative Dance for ChildrenChoreographyDance Cornerstone Curriculum (DCC) Framework
Chapter 8. Knowing History, Culture, and Context: Cornerstone 3Relation to National Standards and BeyondOverview of This CornerstoneDance Across Cultures: Cultural DiversityDance Through Time: Dance HistoryPreservation and DocumentationDance Cornerstone Curriculum (DCC) Framework
Chapter 9. Analyzing and Critiquing: Cornerstone 4Relation to National Standards and BeyondOverview of This CornerstoneAesthetic ValuingCritical Thinking and ProcessingDance CriticismDance Cornerstone Curriculum (DCC) Framework
Part III. How—Presenting Dance as Art in EducationChapter 10. Constructing Artistic Bridges to Other DisciplinesRelation to National Standards and BeyondDance's Role Across the CurriculumDifferent Models for Integrating the Arts in EducationTeaching Other Academics Through DanceCollaborating Across the Arts
Chapter 11. Creating and Maintaining an Effective Arts Learning EnvironmentCreating a Positive Arts EnvironmentManaging Arts Instruction: The Precursor to Artistic ExpressionSchedulingAbout FacilitiesSurvive and Thrive
Chapter 12. Investigating the Arts Savvy Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment TriadCurriculum ContentInstructionAssessmentIntegrating the Triad
Chapter 13. Integrating the Cornerstones to Create Units of Study in DanceRelating the CornerstonesTeaching by Integrating the CornerstonesUsing the Eight-Step Plan to Maximize Artistic ResultsVarying an Eight-Step Lesson
Chapter 14. Creating a Unit of Study Using an Arts Education PerspectiveCreating an Integrated Unit of StudySample Unit: Examining a Work by David ParsonsBuilding Your Own Unit of Study Around a Choreographic WorkBuilding Your Own Unit of Study Around a Style
Chapter 15. Reflecting on TeachingEthical Dimension of TeachingRelational TeachingSchool RenewalReflective Practitioner
Chapter 16. Developing an Arts-Oriented Teaching PortfolioPreparing a Perspectives NotebookPreparing Your Professional Teaching PortfolioClosing Statement
Appendix A: Reference Lists of ConceptsAppendix B: Forms, Checklists, Sample Items, and ArticlesAppendix C: Professional Organizations and National InitiativesGlossaryReferencesIndexAbout the Author
Interviews
Textbook for dance education majors studying to become certified dance specialists for grades K-12. Resource for K-12 dance specialists, arts administrators, classroom teachers, and physical educators.