Comm(Unity): Promoting Civic Engagement in a Modern Dance Performance Course

Autor/in	Klein, Traci
Titel	Comm(Unity): Promoting Civic Engagement in a Modern Dance Performance Course
Quelle	In: Journal of Dance Education, 18 (2018) 3, S.131-135 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Klein, Traci)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1529-0824
DOI	10.1080/15290824.2018.1481507
Schlagwörter	Citizen Participation; Dance; Dance Education; Community Involvement; Creative Activities; Citizenship Responsibility; Undergraduate Students; College Faculty; Teacher Student Relationship; School Community Relationship; Curriculum Design; Texas (Laredo) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Tanz; Dance; Education; Tanzerziehung; Fakultät; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Lehrplangestaltung
Abstract	Instructors in higher education arts programs have a responsibility to promote active citizenship and to encourage their students to use the creative arts as a vehicle for positive social change. However, in dance curricula, incorporating these concepts can be challenging, given the long history of structured technique pedagogy and the specific learning objectives and outcomes students typically expect. Within the dance minor curriculum design at Texas A&M International University, modern dance performance courses allow the faculty the space, opportunity, and freedom to implement unique experiences in the classroom. In her Fall 2017 modern dance performance course, Tracy Klein was interested in encouraging students to become socially responsible and to engage with their community. Klein describes how she set a pedagogical goal to build connections among the students to create a cohesive, more meaningful performance and to bridge the gap between the performers and the greater community, both on campus and off. To achieve this, the course was structured around two key events: choreographing and performing an ensemble piece designed to foster an awareness of community and devising creative projects that would benefit a community of any size or nature through a dance-related event. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01