Undergraduate Research In Dance

Author : Lynnette Young Overby,Jenny Olin Shanahan,Gregory Young
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-04
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781351052962

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Undergraduate Research in Dance by Lynnette Young Overby,Jenny Olin Shanahan,Gregory Young Pdf

Undergraduate Research in Dance: A Guide for Students supplies tools for scaffolding research skills alongside examples of undergraduate research in dance scholarship. Dance can be studied as an expressive embodied art form with physical, cognitive, and affective domains, and as an integral part of society, history, and vast areas of interdisciplinary content. To this end, the guidance provided by this book will equip future dance professionals with the means to move the field of dance forward. Chapters 1–9 guide students through the fundamentals of research methods, providing a foundation to help students get started in understanding research protocols and processes. Students will learn skills such as how to choose a research topic, refine research questions, conduct literature reviews, cite sources, synthesize and analyze data, develop conclusions and results, and present their findings. Chapters 10–19 detail forms of undergraduate research in a rich diversity of fields within dance that are taught in many collegiate dance programs including dance therapy, history, science, psychology, education, and technology, in addition to public scholarship, choreography, and interdisciplinary topics. The book also includes a final chapter which provides annotated online resources, and many of its chapters are supported by examples of abstracts of capstone projects, senior theses, and conference presentations by undergraduate researchers across the United States. Suitable for both professors and students, Undergraduate Research in Dance is an ideal reference book for any course that has a significant opportunity for the creation of new knowledge, or as an essential interdisciplinary connection between dance and other disciplines.

Author : Kristin Luker
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780674265493

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Salsa Dancing into the Social Sciences by Kristin Luker Pdf

“You might think that dancing doesn’t have a lot to do with social research, and doing social research is probably why you picked this book up in the first place. But trust me. Salsa dancing is a practice as well as a metaphor for a kind of research that will make your life easier and better.” Savvy, witty, and sensible, this unique book is both a handbook for defining and completing a research project, and an astute introduction to the neglected history and changeable philosophy of modern social science. In this volume, Kristin Luker guides novice researchers in: knowing the difference between an area of interest and a research topic; defining the relevant parts of a potentially infinite research literature; mastering sampling, operationalization, and generalization; understanding which research methods best answer your questions; beating writer’s block. Most important, she shows how friendships, non-academic interests, and even salsa dancing can make for a better researcher. “You know about setting the kitchen timer and writing for only an hour, or only 15 minutes if you are feeling particularly anxious. I wrote a fairly large part of this book feeling exactly like that. If I can write an entire book 15 minutes at a time, so can you.”

Author : Lynnette Young Overby,Billie Frances Lepczyk
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Dance
ISBN : 0404638570

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Dance by Lynnette Young Overby,Billie Frances Lepczyk Pdf

Author : Rosemary Candelario,Matthew Henley
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-31
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781000848717

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Dance Research Methodologies by Rosemary Candelario,Matthew Henley Pdf

Dance Research Methodologies: Ethics, Orientations, and Practices captures the breadth of methodological approaches to research in dance in the fine arts, the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences by bringing together researchers from around the world writing about a variety of dance forms and practices. This book makes explicit the implicit skills and experiences at work in the research processes by detailing the ethics, orientations, and practices fundamental to being a researcher across the disciplines of dance. Collating together approaches from key subdisciplines, this book brings together perspectives on dance practice, dance studies, dance education, dance science, as well as dance research in cross-, multi-, and interdisciplinary fields. Practice-based chapters cover methodological approaches that provide rich examples of how research design and implementation are navigated by practicing scholars. Dance Research Methodologies also includes a practical workbook that helps readers to decide upon, refine, and enact their research, as well as develop ways in which to communicate their process and outcomes. This vital textbook is a valuable resource for research faculty interested in interdisciplinary conversation and practice, emerging scholars honing their methodological approaches, graduate students engaged in research-based coursework and projects, and advanced undergraduates.

Author : Michelle Hayford
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781000392975

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Undergraduate Research in Theatre by Michelle Hayford Pdf

Undergraduate Research in Theatre: A Guide for Students supplies tools for scaffolding research skills alongside examples of undergraduate research in theatre and performance scholarship. The book begins with an overview of the necessity of framing theatre as undergraduate research and responding to calls for revolutionizing the discipline toward greater equity, diversity, and inclusion. Dedicated chapters for the research, skills, and methods employed by each theatre area follow: scripted theatre; devised and new works; applied theatre; scenic, costume, sound, and lighting design; and theatre theory and interdisciplinary studies. Throughout the book, undergraduate research activities are demonstrated by 36 case studies authored by undergraduates from six countries about diverse areas of theatre study. Suitable for both professors and students, Undergraduate Research in Theatre is an ideal resource for any course that has an opportunity for the creation of new knowledge or as an essential interdisciplinary connection between theatre, performance, and other disciplines.

Author : Susan Manning,Janice Ross,Rebecca Schneider
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Press
Page : 589 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780299322403

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Futures of Dance Studies by Susan Manning,Janice Ross,Rebecca Schneider Pdf

A collaboration between well-established and rising scholars, Futures of Dance Studies suggests multiple directions for new research in the field. Essays address dance in a wider range of contexts--onstage, on screen, in the studio, and on the street--and deploy methods from diverse disciplines. Engaging African American and African diasporic studies, Latinx and Latin American studies, gender and sexuality studies, and Asian American and Asian studies, this anthology demonstrates the relevance of dance analysis to adjacent fields"--

Author : Charlotte Nichol,Lise Uytterhoeven
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781317514022

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What Moves You? by Charlotte Nichol,Lise Uytterhoeven Pdf

Every dissertation is individual and unique - particularly for dance students, who must combine a wide range of approaches into a tailor-made research methodology. What Moves You? fosters a creative approach to dissertations and final projects. By guiding the development of a personal study program, this volume encourages dance students to take ownership of their artistic and academic work, a skill essential both to successful undergraduate study, and to making the first steps towards a career in dance. Rather than propose a prescriptive, step-by-step mantra, Charlotte Nichol and Lise Uytterhoeven draw upon contributions from students, teachers, examiners and practitioners to broaden the notion of ‘research’ and demystify the purpose of the dissertation.

Author : Gabriel M. Della-Piana,Connie Kubo Della-Piana,Michael K. Gardner
Publisher : IAP
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781623965433

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Evaluating The Undergraduate Research Experience by Gabriel M. Della-Piana,Connie Kubo Della-Piana,Michael K. Gardner Pdf

The current movement toward more and better research experiences for undergraduates has spread across disciplines in the arts, humanities, science, mathematics, and engineering beyond the “research university” to the full range of post-secondary institutions of higher education. Along with this spread of practice is the need to take stock of the programs and make use of evaluation to inform program improvement and to communicate an understanding of the worth of the program to funders, institutional administrators, faculty/mentors, and students. The main aim of the book is to provide a practical guide for planning an evaluation of an undergraduate experience program. The intent is to enable a program director to plan with a team consisting of an internal evaluator and program staff, a systematic and rigorous study of the program (processes, products, organizational dynamics, etc.) including the gathering and analysis of information that is context-sensitive, and connected to an argument and justification for descriptive, causal, and practice-useful claims. It is useful for a program director to contract with an evaluator. It is specific to the field of undergraduate research experience while being useful for other fields. It places strong emphasis on how to find and specify evaluation questions that yield information that has high leverage for program improvement and demonstrating the effectiveness and worth of the program. A measure of attitude toward evaluation allows you to reflect on your leanings evaluation orientations such as formative/summative, process/product, preordinate goals/emergent goals, and other characteristics of approaches to and confidence in evaluation. The main readership is targeted to directors and developers of undergraduate research experience programs. While the examples are mainly in the undergraduate research experience, it will be found useful for instructors of courses in project evaluation and beginning level evaluators. The usefulness of the book is enhanced by a checklist in the final chapter that integrates the approaches from throughout the book referencing the earlier discussions.

Author : Sondra Horton Fraleigh,Penelope Hanstein
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1998-03-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780822971955

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Researching Dance by Sondra Horton Fraleigh,Penelope Hanstein Pdf

In Researching Dance, an introduction to research methods in dance addressed primarily to graduate students, the editors explore dance as evolutional, defining it in view of its intrinsic participatory values, its developmental aspects, and its purposes from art to ritual, and they examine the role of theory in research. The editors have also included essays by nine dancer-scholars who examine qualitative and quantitative inquiry and delineate the most common approaches for investigating dance, raising concerns about philosophy and aesthetics, historical scholarship, movement analysis, sexual and gender identification, cultural diversity, and the resources available to students. The writers have included study questions, research exercises, and suggested readings to facilitate the book’s use as a classroom text.

Author : Doug Risner,Beccy Watson
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030900007

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Masculinity, Intersectionality and Identity by Doug Risner,Beccy Watson Pdf

This unparalleled collection, international and innovative in scope, analyzes the dynamic tensions between masculinity and dance. Introducing a lens of intersectionality, the book’s content examines why, despite burgeoning popular and contemporary representations of a normalization of dancing masculinities, some boys don’t dance and why many of those who do struggle to stay involved. Prominent themes of identity, masculinity, and intersectionality weave throughout the book’s conceptual frameworks of education and schooling, cultures, and identities in dance. Incorporating empirical studies, qualitative inquiry, and reflexive accounts, Doug Risner and Beccy Watson have assembled a unique volume of original chapters from established scholars and emerging voices to inform the future direction of interdisciplinary dance scholarship and dance education research. The book’s scope spans several related disciplines including gender studies, queer studies, cultural studies, performance studies, and sociology. The volume will appeal to dancers, educators, researchers, scholars, students, parents, and caregivers of boys who dance. Accessible at multiple levels, the content is relevant for undergraduate students across dance, dance education, and movement science, and graduate students forging new analysis of dance, pedagogy, gender theory, and teaching praxis.

Author : Nancy H. Hensel
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000980196

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Undergraduate Research at Community Colleges by Nancy H. Hensel Pdf

Co-published with the Council on Undergraduate ResearchThis book highlights the exciting work of two-year colleges to prepare students for their future careers through engagement in undergraduate research. It emerged from work in five community college systems thanks to two National Science Foundation grants the Council for Undergraduate Research received to support community colleges’ efforts to establish undergraduate research programs. Chapters one, two, and three provide background information about community colleges, undergraduate research, and the systems the author worked with: California, City University of New York, Maricopa Community College District - Arizona, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. Chapter four examines success strategies. The next five chapters look at five approaches to undergraduate research: basic/applied, course-based, community-based, interdisciplinary, and partnership research. Chapters ten, eleven and twelve discuss ways to assess and evaluate undergraduate research experiences, inclusive pedagogy, and ways to advance undergraduate research.Today there are 942 public community colleges in the United States, providing affordable access to 6.8 million students who enrolled for credit in one of the public two-year institutions in the United States. Students are more prepared for the next step in their education or careers after participating in quality UR experiences.

Author : Kathleen E. Klein
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2009-03-19
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781462833306

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Dance Degree Programs by Kathleen E. Klein Pdf

The purpose of the research study was to examine the history and philosophy of certain very distinct dance degree programs. The dissertation is intended to serve as a resource to benefit faculty and administrators in American undergraduateand graduatelevel dance programs. The primary goal was to recognize emergent themes aimed at stronger outcomes for students seeking a career track in dance. Beginning with an overview of the historical development of dance and dance education in the United States, the study closely examined the current cultural, educational, and political structures, functions, and mechanisms that influence prevailing public views of this art form in mainstream American life.

Author : American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. Dance Division
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Dance
ISBN : LCCN:84201549

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Research in Dance by American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. Dance Division Pdf

Author : Kathleen E. Klein
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780761848639

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Career Readiness and Preparation Criteria in Undergraduate Dance Degree Programs by Kathleen E. Klein Pdf

This book develops a rubric that can assist colleges, universities, and communities in providing stronger outcomes for students seeking a career path in dance. This study will serve as a catalyst for inter-academic dialogue to strengthen and advocate the integrity and position of dance education in American colleges and universities.

Author : Nyama McCarthy-Brown
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-26
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476626079

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Dance Pedagogy for a Diverse World by Nyama McCarthy-Brown Pdf

Issues of race, class, gender and religion permeate the study of contemporary dance, resulting in cultural clashes in classrooms and studios. The first of its kind, 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 ballet technique classes and dance history courses in higher education, choreographing dance about socially charged contemporary issues, and incorporating Native American dances into the curriculum, among other topics. The application of relevant pedagogy in the dance classroom enables instructors to teach methods that reflect students' culture and affirm their experiences.