Dance learning in motion: global dance education

TY - GEN

T1 - Dance learning in motion: global dance education

AU - Brown, Ann Kipling

AU - Koff, Susan R.

AU - Meiners, Jeff

AU - Svendler Nielsen, Charlotte

N1 - Conference code: 2014

PY - 2015

Y1 - 2015

N2 - Reports indicate that dance-learning experiences provided for young people in and outside schools impact positively upon young people’s learning in schools, as well as in pre-service and professional development programs for those who teach dance in various settings. Support of major dance organizations as well as the goals of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) affirm the importance of dance education and encourage the research and practice to provide lifelong and intergenerational learning in, about and through dance education. This paper describes the results of a survey questionnaire, which captures the narratives and contexts from lived experiences of university students and graduates in formal, informal and non-formal settings and how those are experienced. This initial study confirmed the power of dance and the significance of dance in peoples’ lives as well as deficiencies in the provision of dance for many.

AB - Reports indicate that dance-learning experiences provided for young people in and outside schools impact positively upon young people’s learning in schools, as well as in pre-service and professional development programs for those who teach dance in various settings. Support of major dance organizations as well as the goals of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) affirm the importance of dance education and encourage the research and practice to provide lifelong and intergenerational learning in, about and through dance education. This paper describes the results of a survey questionnaire, which captures the narratives and contexts from lived experiences of university students and graduates in formal, informal and non-formal settings and how those are experienced. This initial study confirmed the power of dance and the significance of dance in peoples’ lives as well as deficiencies in the provision of dance for many.

M3 - Article in proceedings

SP - 1

EP - 13

BT - Contemporising the Past: Envisaging the Future

A2 - Stock AM, Cheryl

A2 - Germain-Thomas, Patrick

PB - World Dance Alliance (WDA) & Ausdance

CY - Canberra

T2 - World Dance Alliance Global Summit

Y2 - 6 July 2014 through 11 July 2014

ER -