{"product_id":"dancing-to-learn-9781475806052","title":"Dancing to Learn","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDancing to Learn: Cognition, Emotion, and Movement explores the rationale for dance as a medium of learning to help engage educators and scientists to explore the underpinnings of dance, and dancers as well as members of the general public who are curious about new ways of comprehending dance. Among policy-makers, teachers, and parents, there is a heightened concern for successful pedagogical strategies. They want to know what can work with learners. This book approaches the subject of learning in, about, and through dance by triangulating knowledge from the arts and humanities, social and behavioral sciences, and cognitive and neurological sciences to challenge dismissive views of the cognitive importance of the physical dance. Insights come from theories and research findings in aesthetics, anthropology, cognitive science, dance, education, feminist theory, linguistics, neuroscience, phenomenology, psychology, and sociology. Using a single theory puts blinders on to other ways of des\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe research for the hypothesis undertaken by Dr. Hanna and all others involved, is impressive. . . .The author's style is academic with an excellent fifteen pages of reference works and a clear and precise index. I thank the author for giving me a new insight into an art form I very much enjoy. * ImagineMag!: A South African Arts \u0026amp; Culture Magazine *\u003cbr\u003eHanna’s review of the extant literature on the neurological impacts of dance specifically and exercise more broadly is wide reaching…. [T]he range of material she draws on may be very persuasive to her imagined reader, skeptical about the importance of dance in education…. The many examples that Hanna reviews of dance education programs are one of the most valuable resources in the book, and a reader interested in examples of dance-integrated learning will find leads on exciting pilots and thriving dance programs…. [The] case studies are quite rich and fascinating…. On the whole, the work is wide and fast moving, a strong model of one way that comparative cross-cultural anthropology integrating neuroscience and cultural research can be deployed in educational activism. * American Anthropologist *\u003cbr\u003eDancing to Learn does not provide all the answers about the impact of dance on the brain but it does provide more than enough evidence to proudly refute any outdated, biased, and misinformed claim that dance is irrelevant to cognition and education….Dancing to Learn: The Brain’s Cognition, Emotion, and Movement encourages us to find our way back to what first drew many of us to this profession—the healing inherent in dance. * American Journal of Dance Therapy *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents  Acknowledgments Prelude: To Dance Is Cognitive, Emotional, and Moving  What Do We Know about Dance? Triangulating Knowledge  Brain Scientists Study Dancers and Spectators Disclosure  Steps toward Understanding Dance as a Learning Medium  Chapter 1. The Brain ”Choreographs” Dance-Maker, Dancer, and Spectator  Cross-Cultural Conceptualization of Dance The Body in Space, Time, and With Effort  Transformation of Everyday Movements for Expressive Purpose Culture  The Moving Body Aids Human Evolution Dancing Nourishes a Ravenous Brain  Architecture of the Brain Neurons – Atoms of Thinking Sparking – Neurogenesis Dance Embodies Cognition Senses, Interoception, and Perception Vision, an Especially Important Sense Mirror Neurons Mind and Consciousness  Memory Dance in Mind, Space, Pace, and Aging Verbal and Nonverbal (Dance) Languages of Thought Comparison of Languages Many Languages and Dialects of Dance  Thinking through Language Multilingualism in Dance  Feeling and Emotion Stress Recollection\/ Reconsolidation of Emotion Motivation and the Pleasure of Dance Encore  Chapter 2. The Mentality and Matter of Learning through Dance  The Brain Sustains Dance Languages  Powerful Hand Communication More Body Parts, More Powerful Dance  Declarative, Procedural, and Social Knowledge for Dance Music and Dance Together Packing and Unpacking Meaning in Dance Symbolization Dancing a Science Dissertation Dimensions of Meaning in Dance (Probing with a Semantic Grid) Dance in the Moment and Memory Visual Images and Mindfulness Perception of Emotion  Thinking through Memorable Images of Dance Dance Sparks Brain Networks and Learning for Old and Young Dance Lowers Risks for Brain Deterioration Performing Arts in General Acquisition of Learning Skills through Dance Creativity Challenges Prompting Creativity Encore  Chapter 3. Brain-Changing Dance Venues: From Street\/Studio\/Classroom to Stage and Back  Multi-linguistic Dance: Plethora of Genres Many Ways of Learning Dance  Academic Schools Pre-School Dance Dance as a Discipline Pre-professional Dance Dance Company Schools and Outreach Programs Arts Magnet Schools  Program within a School  New York City Public Schools Cluster School Program A County-Wide Multifaceted Program in all Public Schools Dance Integration – with Other Arts or Non-Arts Disciplines  Elementary School High School University Dance Education Performing Arts Organization Offerings  John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Lincoln Center Institute for the Arts in Education Washington Performing Arts Society Young Audiences  National Dance Institute (NDI) ArtsConnection Young Talent Dance Program\/ English Language Literacy Program Community Based Dance Programs Dance Teacher Preparation Private Dance Studios and Conservatories Dance Education Lab Pulse Ontario (Canada) Dance Education Conference National Registry of Dance Educators  State Dance Certification In-service Workshops National Dance Education Organization  Encore  Chapter 4. The Dancing Brain Leaves No One Behind  A Performing Art  A Liberal Art An Applied Art Personal Development through Dance Aids Learning Dance Engages and Motivates Dance and Changing Behavior Dance Integrated with Other Subjects Assessing Non-dance Learning through Dance Children’s Own Dance as a Diagnostic Tool  Transfer of Dance Learning Dimensions of Transfer Brain Action Teaching for Transfer Research on Transfer Tools for Dance Learning Media, Cyberspace, and Social Networks Distance Learning “Pen and Paper” Movement Analysis Dance Curriculum, Standards, Assessment, and Evaluation Dance to Cope with Stress  Bad Stress – Distress Good Stress – Eustress Dance a Stressor Escape Encore  Chapter 5. Mind and Emotion in Learning Self, Cultural and National Identities  through Dance  Dancer Identity, Career, Transitions, and Dance-related Options  Gender and Sexual Orientation  Who Is On-stage? Females Males in Dance Culture, Diversity, Understanding, and Choreographic Inspiration Black\/White Interaction Regional or National Identity Applying Cultural Diversity  Selecting Dances Cultural Appropriation Playing Anthropologist to Learn about a Culture’s Dance Encore Finale and Révérence  Dance – Cinderella of Education and Brain Science Plié: Ready to Soar in Brain and Body Figure 1. Elements of Dance Figure 2. Ways of Conveying Meaning in Dance (Semantic Grid) Appendix 1: Tools to Discover the Dancing Brain  Appendix 2: To Dance in a Classroom, Even for Non-Dancers Images and Credits  References Cited About the Brain Teaching Dance Index About the Author","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040149635415,"sku":"9781475806052","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781475806052.jpg?v=1750945881","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dancing-to-learn-9781475806052","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}