Designing the Dance Technique Class: Using Concepts from Dance Education Research
This workshop is designed for anyone who teaches dance movement skills or technique. It draws information from the latest dance education research and presents it in a form which is easy to understand and apply to individual teaching situations.
This workshop includes . . .
 | Introductory comments about dance teachers and the dance teaching environment |
| A discussion of a dance teacher's use of cues or behaviors including . . . |
| An analysis of dance teacher instructional style, focus and orientation |
| The use of transfer of learning |
| The inclusion of pre-instruction |
| The shaping of verbal movement descriptions |
| The use and purpose of rhythmic chanting |
| The role of nonverbal cues |
| The use of various forms of imagery |
A lab is provided to help connect this information to the kinesthetic sense and to the teaching and learning of movement skills.
