Knowing dance : a guide for creative teaching /
Marion Gough.
- London : Dance Books, 1999.
- 117 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
1. Teaching and Learning / 2. Planning a Dance Course / 3. Composing, Performing, Appreciating / 4. Promoting Good Practice / Teacher's and 'Philosophies' ; The Student as Learner ; Towards a Philosophy of Teaching and Learning ; Defining Good Practice ; 'Good' and 'Bad' Teaching ; Engaging Students in the Activity ; Beginning with Ourselves ; Learning Style ; Motivation ; Equal Opportunities -- Knowing Your Students ; Aims and Objectives ; Course Content ; The Structure of a Creative Dance Class ; Structure of a Lesson (an example) ; Teaching Methods ; Example of a Lesson Plan Using Different Styles and Strategies ; Criteria for the Unexpected ; Corrections ; Repetition ; Making Dance Expressive ; First Encounters ; Starting Class ; Endings ; Assessment and Evaluation -- Composing ; Performing ; Appreciating -- Teaching Skills for Dancers ; A Training Programme ; Evaluation ; Enhancing Practice.
"In Knowing Dance, Marion Gough provides a general framework for understanding the many different aims, demands and constraints of teaching dance, with suggestions for practical and creative ways of dealing with them. After considering the interaction between teaching and learning, the author looks at the ways that a dance course may be planned, and how styles, strategies and methods of assessment can be applied to achieve different teaching objectives." - BACK BOOK COVER