McCutchen, Brenda Pugh, 1943-

Teaching dance as art in education / Brenda Pugh McCutchen. - xvi, 543 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-534) and index.

Introduction : thinking about dance education -- Viewing educational dance from an arts education perspective -- Examining how national art initiatives effect dance -- Adopting your roles and responsibilities for teaching -- Emphasizing aspects of student-centered learning -- Identifying the cornerstones of dance as art in education -- Dancing and performing : cornerstone 1 -- Creating and composing : cornerstone 2 -- Knowing history, culture, and context : cornerstone 3 -- Analyzing and critiquing : cornerstone 4 -- Constructing artistic bridges to other disciplines -- Creating and maintaining an effective arts learning environment -- Investigating the arts savvy curriculum, instruction, and assessment triad -- Integrating the cornerstones to create units of study in dance -- Creating a unit of study using an arts education perspective -- Reflecting on teaching -- Developing an arts-oriented teaching portfolio. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11. Ch. 12. Ch. 13. Ch. 14. Ch. 15. Ch. 16.

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Dance--Study and teaching (Elementary)--United States
Dance--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States
Dance--Curricula--United States
Public schools--Curricula--United States

GV1589 / .M33 2006

792.8071