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Author McCarthy-Brown, Nyama, author.

Title Dance pedagogy for a diverse world : culturally relevant teaching in theory, research and practice / Nyama McCarthy-Brown ; foreword by Takiyah Nur Amin.

Publication Info. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  792.80711 M127d 2017    ---  Available
1 copy being processed for Axe Acquisitions Order.
Description x, 234 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Dance teachers lcsh
Gender group: gdr Women lcdgt
Nationality/regional group: nat Americans lcdgt
Occupational/field of activity group: occ University and college faculty members lcdgt
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-226) and index.
Summary "This book provides dance educators with tools to refocus teaching methods to celebrate the pluralism of the United States. The contributors discuss how to diversify dance history courses in higher education and ballet technique classes, choreographing dance about socially charged contemporary issues and incorporating Native American dances into the curriculum, among other topics"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents How to create a culturally relevant classroom -- What Is culturally relevant teaching? -- Toolkit for teaching culturally relevant pedagogy -- Nuts and bolts : how to develop a culturally relevant class culture -- Culturally relevant teaching and critical dance pedagogy for classes pertaining to the dancing body -- Culturally relevant ballet -- Culture, music and composition class -- Critical dance pedagogy for repertory : two case studies / by Selene Carter and Nyama McCarthy-Brown -- Critical dance pedagogy and diversifying content and approaches to dance education -- Reshaping dance history by deconstructing whiteness / by Julie Kerr-Berry -- Native American dance history and Powwow styles / by Kelly Fayard -- World Dance : retire the term -- From conservatory training to teaching dance in public schools : a cultural shift / by Corrine Nagata with Liza D. Kroeschell.
Subject Dance -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Dance -- Study and teaching -- Social aspects.
Dance teachers -- Training of.
Culturally relevant pedagogy.
Culturally relevant pedagogy. (OCoLC)fst01896513
Dance -- Study and teaching (Higher) (OCoLC)fst00887482
Dance -- Study and teaching -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00887477
Dance teachers -- Training of. (OCoLC)fst00887573
Added Author Amin, Takiyah Nur, writer of foreword.
ISBN 9780786497027 (softcover ; alk. paper)
0786497025 (softcover ; alk. paper)

 
    
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