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| List of Age-Appropriate Dance Activities, Sample Lesson Plans and Group Dances | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Dancing in Your School | |
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| Dancing in School Settings | |
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| Historical Perspective | |
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| 1900-1960 | |
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| 1960-2000 | |
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| No Child Left Behind Act | |
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| Contemporary Context | |
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| Goals for Facilitating Dance Education | |
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| Curriculum and Standards | |
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| Dance Language | |
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| Is It Moving or Is It Dancing? | |
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| So What Makes It Dance? | |
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| Dancing or Creative Dancing | |
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| Elements of Dance as Dance Language | |
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| Four Elements of Dance and Their Attributes | |
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| Dancing as Physical Education | |
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| Physical Fitness and Health | |
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| Motor and Physical Development | |
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| Locomotor Movement | |
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| Building Locomotor Movement Skill | |
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| Non-Locomotor Movement | |
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| Perceptual Motor Learning | |
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| Kinesthetic Sense | |
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| Using Props to Strengthen Kinesthetic Sense | |
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| Dancing as Kinesthetic Reinforcement of Learning | |
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| How Do Students Learn? | |
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| Behaviorist Approach | |
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| Phenomenological Approach | |
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| Theory of Multiple Intelligences | |
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| Moving and Learning | |
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| Learning Kinesthetically | |
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| Additional Examples for Kinesthetic Reinforcement of Learning | |
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| Dancing as Cultural Play | |
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| Roles Students Assume While Dancing | |
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| The Element of Choice as Cultural Play | |
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| Social, Cultural, Artistic Choices | |
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| Leading and Following | |
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| Dancing and Popular Culture | |
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| Identity, Self-Esteem, and the Willing Child | |
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| Dancing as Arts Education | |
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| Objectives for Dance as Arts Education | |
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| Dance as an Art Form | |
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| Individual Creative Expression: Taking Risks and Finding Different Approaches | |
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| Sensitivity For Form | |
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| Appreciating Diversity in Dance Expression and Aesthetic Viewpoint | |
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| Fostering Understanding of Cultural Diversity: Different People, Places, and Times | |
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| Dance Activities Can Integrate Other Arts | |
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| Arts Projects That Students Can Create to Enhance Their Dances | |
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| Integration of Other Arts as Inspirations for Dance Creation | |
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| The Moving, Thinking, Willing, Feeling Child | |
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| Observation | |
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| Students' Nonverbal Movement Expression | |
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| Teachers' Nonverbal Movement Expression and Self-Knowledge | |
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| When and How to Use Movement Observation | |
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| Activities for Behavior Modification | |
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| Creating Dance Lesson Plans for the Classroom | |
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| Structure for Dance Lesson Plans | |
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| Dance Lesson Plan Samples | |
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| Dance Lesson Plans for Varying Age Groups | |
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| The Teacher as Facilitator | |
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| Individual Teaching Style | |
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| Teaching Methodology to Engage and Direct/Control Learning | |
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| Procedural Choices to Engage Students | |
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| Procedural Choices to Direct or Control Learning | |
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| Using the Elements of Dance to Engage and Control | |
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| Imagery | |
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| Assessment | |
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| Assessing Dance Activities | |
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| Standards-Based Pre-established Criteria | |
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| Additional Pre-established Criteria | |
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| Reflection as On-Going Assessment | |
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| Student Self-Reflection and Performance Assessment | |
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| Teacher Self-Reflection and Performance Assessment | |
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| Recommending Outside Dance Training for Students | |
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| Bibliography of References | |
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| Equipment and Materials to Enhance Dance Activities | |
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| Additional Dance Lesson Plan Resources | |
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| Dance Education Networking Resources | |
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| About the Author | |