Ethical Dilemmas in Dance Education: Case Studies on Humanizing Dance Pedagogy

Contents

• Acknowledgments v
• Introduction
• Doug Risner and Karen Schupp 1
• Section One: Early Childhood and Elementary Dance Education
• Section Editors: Theresa Purcell Cone and Susan W. Stinson
• Section Introduction
• Susan W. Stinson and Theresa Purcell Cone 10
• Culture and Conflict: Planning a Dance Partnership
• Marissa Beth Nesbit 16
• Activity: What Parents Can Teach Us About Students
• Karen Schupp and Doug Risner 26
• The Ethics of Discussing Religious Beliefs in a Primary Dance Classroom
• Becky Dyer and Susan W. Stinson 28
• Activity: The Global Village
• Doug Risner 37
• Challenges and Solutions to Including Students with Disabilities
• Theresa Purcell Cone, Doug Risner and Karen Schupp 40
• Activity: What Body Dances?
• Karen Schupp and Doug Risner 49
• She Wants to Dance with the Boys
• Monica J. Cameron Frichtel 51
• Activity: Dancing Your Gender
• Doug Risner and Karen Schupp 59
• Values Inventory: Installment I
• Doug Risner 62
• Section Two: Middle School and High School Dance Education
• Section Editor: Pam Musil
• Section Introduction
• Pam Musil 64
• Dance in the Crossfire
• Marissa Beth Nesbit with Adeena Lago 71
• Activity: Changing Grades
• Doug Risner 80
• Dancing in Bars
• Pam Musil 82
• Activity: Uncovering Hidden Messages
• Karen Schupp and Doug Risner 91
• Waltzing with the Enemy
• Kori Wakamatsu 93
• Activity: Bystander Intervention: When It Is Your Business
• Karen Schupp 101
• Negotiating Challenges with Social Media: #overexposed
• Kori Wakamatsu 103
• Activity: Screens Out!
• Doug Risner 112
• American Ethnocentrism
• Pam Musil 115
• Activity: Whose America? Our America, of Course!
• Karen Schupp and Doug Risner 125
• The Imperfect Advocate: Supporting Transgender Students in the Dance Class
• Marissa Beth Nesbit 127
• Activity: Speaking Transgender
• Karen Schupp 136
• Values Inventory: Installment II
• Doug Risner 138
• Section Three: Dance Teacher Preparation and Postsecondary Dance Education
• Section Editor: Elizabeth McPherson
• Section Introduction
• Elizabeth McPherson with Donna A. Dragon; Doug Risner and Karen Schupp 140
• The Cultural Assumptions We Carry
• Stephanie Milling 151
• Activity: My Education Map
• Doug Risner 160
• Why Grade Inflation and Teacher Dispositions Don't Mix
• Elizabeth McPherson, Doug Risner and Karen Schupp 163
• Activity: Honest Gestures
• Karen Schupp 173
• Confronting Urban Phobias
• Elizabeth McPherson with Kathleen Isaac 176
• Activity: Anti-Racism Boxes
• Doug Risner 185
• Whistleblowing Adolescent Sexual Abuse
• Barbara Bashaw and Marissa Beth Nesbit 188
• Activity: Doing the Right Thing or Doing Things Right?
• Karen Schupp 197
• Where to Draw the Line
• Karen Schupp and Robin Prichard 199
• Activity: Motivating Growth
• Karen Schupp 208
• When Department Policy Limits Teaching
• Tanya Berg and Doug Risner 211
• Activity: Make the Case
• Doug Risner 220
• Teaching Contact Improvisation: Touching and Being Touched
• Tanya Berg and Doug Risner 223
• Activity: Touchy Subjects
• Doug Risner 233
• Values Inventory: Installment III
• Doug Risner 235
• Section Four: Community Dance
• Section Editors: Sherrie Barr and Miriam Giguere
• Section Introduction
• Sherrie Barr and Miriam Giguere 238
• Whose Class Is It Anyway?
• Sherrie Barr and Miriam Giguere with Mary Fitzgerald 245
• Activity: Social Immersion Project
• Doug Risner 254
• Dancing Within Prison Walls
• Sherrie Barr, Miriam Giguere and Susan Bendix 256
• Activity: Critical Field Observations
• Doug Risner 265
• Intergenerational Moves
• Sherrie Barr and Miriam Giguere with Susan Bendix 267
• Activity: What Should Dance Education Look Like?
• Doug Risner 276
• Why Do I Have to Perform?
• Miriam Giguere and Sherrie Barr 278
• Activity: Performing Your Values
• Karen Schupp and Doug Risner 286
• Teaching Artist Advocates: The Difference We Can Make
• Doug Risner and Karen Schupp 288
• Activity: Heterosexual Questionnaire
• Doug Risner 297
• Values Inventory: Installment IV
• Doug Risner 300
• Appendix I: Teachers' Guide 303
• Appendix II: Field Observation Notes Template 305
• Works Cited 311
• About the Contributors 327
• Index 331