| Description |
112 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
INTRODUCTION -- Dance in primary education -- Curriculum Grid - Content descriptions -- CHAPTER 1 Preparing for a dance program -- Conditions for safe dance -- Resourcing a dance program -- Safe warming up for dance -- Stretching -- Growing bodies and implications for dance -- Inclusive dance -- Improvisation -- Body parts - dance for arms -- Proximity - near and far -- Gesture - secret handshake -- Developing your dance program -- Assessment grid 1 Years F-2 -- Assessment grid 2 years 3-6 -- CHAPTER 2 My body is the instrument -- Alignment -- Fundamental dance skills -- Lesson plan 1 Using your body -- Lesson plan 2 A hand dance -- Teaching Primary Dance -- Chapter 3 The dancer's space -- General and personal space -- Level and size -- Shape -- Dimension, distance, direction and planes -- Pathways and patterns -- Formations -- Lesson plan 3 Dance and nature -- Lesson plan 4 Fabulous formations -- CHAPTER 4 Dance and dynamics -- Energy -- Weight and force -- Movement quality -- Lesson plan 5 Showing your feelings -- Lesson plan 6 Dance action! -- CHAPTER 5 It's all in the timing -- Pulse -- Rhythm -- Structure -- Lesson plan 7 l've got rhythm -- Lesson plan 8 Machine madness -- CHAPTER 6 Putting it together -- Choreographing relationships -- Dance and culture -- Props -- Choreographic toolkit -- Performances -- Resources -- References |
| Summary |
"Primary school dance education takes everyday movement as its starting point and therefore if you can move you can dance. The same goes for the teaching of dance. Teaching Primary Dance is written based on the premise: You don't need to be a specialist dance teacher to teach a primary dance program. What you do need is enthusiasm for dance, an enquiring mind, energy, commitment and support. This book is ideal for teachers who want to teach primary school dance, but don't quite know where to start. Over six chapters, Katrina Phillips Rank unpacks the essential elements of teaching dance based on the requirements of the Australian Curriculum: The Arts. Covering everything you need to know from setting up a dance program to learning to use the body as the instrument of dance, this book is rich with creative ideas and practical advice." -- publisher website |
| Analysis |
Australian |
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Ballet & dance (Australia) |
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Elementary education & schools (Australia) |
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Teaching of specific subjects (Australia) |
| Notes |
"Curriculumpress Published by Education Services Australia"--Cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Dance for children -- Juvenile literature.
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Dance for children -- Study and teaching (Primary)
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Dance for children -- Study and teaching.
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Dance teachers -- Training of -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Dance for children.
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Dance -- Study and teaching -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Dance -- Study and teaching (Primary)
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Lesson planning -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Movement education -- Juvenile literature.
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Dance -- Study and teaching (Primary) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Movement education.
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Rhythm -- Study and teaching (Primary)
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| ISBN |
9781742005577 |
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