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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Encountering Challenges in Teacher Education: Developing Culturally Pluralist Pedagogy When Teaching Dance from Contextual Perspectives in New Zealand
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Ashley, Linda – Research in Dance Education, 2014
In 2000, teaching about culturally diverse dances from contextual perspectives became an expectation for New Zealand schools with the inaugural The Arts in the New Zealand Curriculum. Responding to the new curriculum the author, as dance lecturer for K-12 generalist teachers attending a seven day in-service dance and drama education course, faced…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Relevance (Education), Culturally Relevant Education
Finding a Balance: Dance Making on a Bachelor of Dance Programme in New Zealand
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Ashley, Linda; Nakamura, Aya – Research in Dance Education, 2011
Issues surrounding what works best in balancing autonomous exploration of dance making with provision of learning about choreographic process for university dance students are explored in this paper. Two personal narrative perspectives are provided. A lecturer reflects on what works best in structuring learning that encourages students to explore…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Personal Narratives, School Community Relationship, Dance