ERIC Number: EJ1059291
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
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Troubling Methods-Centric "Teacher Production": Social Foundations in Dance Education Teacher Preparation
Risner, Doug; Barr, Sherrie
Arts Education Policy Review, v116 n2 p78-91 2015
Preparing dance specialist teachers to successfully educate an increasingly diverse student population highlights a number of challenges within an educational policy landscape characterized by technical production, methods-centric teacher preparation, teacher-proof curriculum, and standardization. The ramifications of these policies have significantly narrowed the scope of teacher preparation and stripped curricula of educational foundations content. This article presents a praxis-incorporative approach for integrating social foundations content into dance teacher preparation based on a review of relevant national standards. Recommendations and insights, grounded in research findings from an undergraduate dance pedagogy course (n = 59) taught from critical and feminist pedagogical perspectives, are discussed.
Descriptors: Dance Education, Teacher Education Programs, Praxis, National Standards, Critical Theory, Context Effect, Foundations of Education, Feminism, Integrated Curriculum, Educational Practices, Educational Change, Course Descriptions, Competition, Individualism, Educational Benefits, Racial Differences, Gender Differences, Social Class, Sexuality, Sexual Orientation, Observation, Course Content, Higher Education
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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