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