Description
Book Synopsis 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.
Trade ReviewOriginal and groundbreaking.... This is a pivotal text to propel dance education beyond the status quo tenants of 'best practices.'… This text may well be the driver moving personal, value-based pedagogies beyond methods-based instruction. An exciting read and an honest journey in meaningful decision making." —Susan Kirchner, Towson University.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments v
Introduction
Doug Risner and Karen Schupp 1
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 10
Culture and Conflict: Planning a Dance Partnership
Marissa Beth Nesbit 16
Activity: What Parents Can Teach Us About Students
Karen Schupp and Doug Risner 26
The Ethics of Discussing Religious Beliefs in a Primary Dance Classroom
Becky Dyer and Susan W. Stinson 28
Activity: The Global Village
Doug Risner 37
Challenges and Solutions to Including Students with Disabilities
Theresa Purcell Cone, Doug Risner and Karen Schupp 40
Activity: What Body Dances?
Karen Schupp and Doug Risner 49
She Wants to Dance with the Boys
Monica J. Cameron Frichtel 51
Activity: Dancing Your Gender
Doug Risner and Karen Schupp 59
Values Inventory: Installment I
Doug Risner 62
Section Two: Middle School and High School Dance Education
Section Editor: Pam Musil
Section Introduction
Pam Musil 64
Dance in the Crossfire
Marissa Beth Nesbit with Adeena Lago 71
Activity: Changing Grades
Doug Risner 80
Dancing in Bars
Pam Musil 82
Activity: Uncovering Hidden Messages
Karen Schupp and Doug Risner 91
Waltzing with the Enemy
Kori Wakamatsu 93
Activity: Bystander Intervention: When It Is Your Business
Karen Schupp 101
Negotiating Challenges with Social Media: #overexposed
Kori Wakamatsu 103
Activity: Screens Out!
Doug Risner 112
American Ethnocentrism
Pam Musil 115
Activity: Whose America? Our America, of Course!
Karen Schupp and Doug Risner 125
The Imperfect Advocate: Supporting Transgender Students in the Dance Class
Marissa Beth Nesbit 127
Activity: Speaking Transgender
Karen Schupp 136
Values Inventory: Installment II
Doug Risner 138
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 140
The Cultural Assumptions We Carry
Stephanie Milling 151
Activity: My Education Map
Doug Risner 160
Why Grade Inflation and Teacher Dispositions Don't Mix
Elizabeth McPherson, Doug Risner and Karen Schupp 163
Activity: Honest Gestures
Karen Schupp 173
Confronting Urban Phobias
Elizabeth McPherson with Kathleen Isaac 176
Activity: Anti-Racism Boxes
Doug Risner 185
Whistleblowing Adolescent Sexual Abuse
Barbara Bashaw and Marissa Beth Nesbit 188
Activity: Doing the Right Thing or Doing Things Right?
Karen Schupp 197
Where to Draw the Line
Karen Schupp and Robin Prichard 199
Activity: Motivating Growth
Karen Schupp 208
When Department Policy Limits Teaching
Tanya Berg and Doug Risner 211
Activity: Make the Case
Doug Risner 220
Teaching Contact Improvisation: Touching and Being Touched
Tanya Berg and Doug Risner 223
Activity: Touchy Subjects
Doug Risner 233
Values Inventory: Installment III
Doug Risner 235
Section Four: Community Dance
Section Editors: Sherrie Barr and Miriam Giguere
Section Introduction
Sherrie Barr and Miriam Giguere 238
Whose Class Is It Anyway?
Sherrie Barr and Miriam Giguere with Mary Fitzgerald 245
Activity: Social Immersion Project
Doug Risner 254
Dancing Within Prison Walls
Sherrie Barr, Miriam Giguere and Susan Bendix 256
Activity: Critical Field Observations
Doug Risner 265
Intergenerational Moves
Sherrie Barr and Miriam Giguere with Susan Bendix 267
Activity: What Should Dance Education Look Like?
Doug Risner 276
Why Do I Have to Perform?
Miriam Giguere and Sherrie Barr 278
Activity: Performing Your Values
Karen Schupp and Doug Risner 286
Teaching Artist Advocates: The Difference We Can Make
Doug Risner and Karen Schupp 288
Activity: Heterosexual Questionnaire
Doug Risner 297
Values Inventory: Installment IV
Doug Risner 300
Appendix I: Teachers' Guide 303
Appendix II: Field Observation Notes Template 305
Works Cited 311
About the Contributors 327
Index 331
