Movement and Dance in Young Children's Lives: Crossing the Divide

ISBN-13: 9781433112652 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 180 str.

Steinberg, Shirley R.

Opis

In the pedagogical landscape of early childhood, physical movement is central to the holistic development of young children. Yet, movement-related experiences and other bodily activities such as play and dance often present contradictions and conundrums for early childhood educators. As a mode of learning, movement has endured a questionable existence despite the evidence of supportive research and theory, which provides sound reasons for the inclusion of movement in early years curricula. Movement and Dance in Young Children s Lives looks at the place of movement in young children s lives and addresses how movement as a form of expression can become dance, thus displacing a reliance on linguistic modes of expression and honoring the agency of the body. It also discusses a variety of concerns and confusions that accompany dance in education, and interprets what this means to students and teachers in teacher education programs and early childhood settings."

O autorze

Adrienne N. Sansom is a senior lecturer in the School of Arts, Languages and Literacies at the University of Auckland. She teaches dance/drama education and early years pedagogy. Her current research focuses on the body and embodied knowing with an emphasis on addressing social change.