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Advocacy:
This strand invites you to find ways to get the word out about dance
education. What is advocacy? Why is it important? How do I make the most
effective campaign for my work in dance education? How can I get involved?
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Curriculum
and Assessment: This strand
invites you to learn about the nature of curriculum and assessment and
its relevance in teaching and learning and student achievement in a variety
of educational contexts. What are the National Standards in Dance? What
do they mean to me I my situation? What is curriculum? Why is curriculum
important? What does it look like? How does it work? What is assessment?
Why should I consider assessing? What should I assess? Where can I find
out more about dance curriculum and dance assessment? |
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Dance
Making and Performance: This
strand invites you to locate yourself as a dance maker and/or performer
or a person that appreciates dance making or dance viewing. What is dance
making? Why should I consider making dances? What will I learn from making
dances? What will I learn from dancing the dance? What is performance?
Why should I consider performing dance? Who are the significant dance
makers in (fill in the blank here) history? Why is he/she considered important?
Who are significant dance performers in (fill in the blank) history? Why
is he/she important? Where can I learn more about dance making, performance,
choreographers and dancers? |
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Documentation
and Preservation: This strand offers different ways to
capture dance on paper or on film. What does it mean to document a dance?
What does it mean to preserve a dance? Are they the same or different?
Why should I consider documenting or preserving a dance? Who works in
this area? How can I learn more about dance documentation and preservation? |
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For
Kids Only: This strand invites kids to learn and teach
amongst themselves. A question is posed and kids write in to read and
compare answers. What kinds of dance do children enjoy? Where do kids
find out more about (fill in the blank)? Why do children dance? Who are
your favorite dancers and why? |
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For
Your Input: Dance Education Web site is always seeking
ways to improve its service to you. In this strand you are invited to
state the strengths of the website and offer suggestions as to how to
make it better. What did I learn from this website? What did I enjoy the
most? How can this website be more effective? What links should be added? |
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Forms
& Styles: This strand invites you to consider that dance
is made up of all kinds of forms and styles and that each one contributes
to the cultural beauty of our world. What forms and styles of dance exist
today? Who values what forms? Styles? How are dance forms and styles learned?
Taught? By whom? Why are they learned? Why are they taught? Where can
I find more about (fill in the blank)? |
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Dance
Notation: This strand invites you to learn codified and
idiosyncratic symbols that represent a dance in written form. Why should
I learn to read and write dances? If I can dance the dance, then why do
I need write it down? What is a dance notator? How do I learn more about
dance notation? |
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Professional
Development: This strand invites you to look at opportunities
for personal and professional growth in and relevant to dance education.
What is professional development? Why should I consider it? Who offers
professional development? Where can I go to find out more? |
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Research:
This strand invites you to review research in dance education. Learn how
research helps practice in the field. Who conducts research in dance,
dance education and related disciplines? Why conduct research? Why read
research? What relevance do the findings have in my teaching/learning
situation? Where can I find out more? |
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Resources:
This strand invites you to make connections with others in the field of
dance and dance education or in related fields. What resources are available
to me as a dance teacher? Books, CD-ROMs, videotapes, audiotapes, photographs,
diaries, records, cassettes, CDs, people and their stories, etc. |
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Teaching
and Learning: This strand invites you to consider myriad
ways of helping dance learners to learn and dance teachers to teach. What
methods should I use? Why should I strategize? What concepts and skills
are best learned at what age? With what previous experience? Learn methods
and strategies used in real dance classrooms to support best practice
in dance education. |
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Technology:
This strand invites you to consider the use of technology in your dance
teaching. Why choose technology in my dance teaching? How does it work?
Will it take away or enhance the live instructional experience? Who is
working with technology in their dance classrooms? What do they have to
say about it? How can I learn more? |
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