This thesis investigates the concerns, dilemmas and opportunities that teachers associated
with teaching culturally diverse dances from contextual perspectives. This topic was …

In 2000, teaching about culturally diverse dances from contextual perspectives became an
expectation for New Zealand schools with the inaugural The Arts in the New Zealand …

Traditionally, the art of teaching dance has largely been a skill transferred from teacher to
student. This master-apprentice paradigm encourages the passing on of technical and …

Since 2000, dance has been included within the New Zealand Arts Curriculum from years
one to thirteen. This curriculum is one of the essential key learning areas offered in every …

In this article I describe aspects of an ethnographic inquiry in which I investigated the
challenges faced by some New Zealand teachers when teaching about culturally different …

This case study explores the ways in which dance, as an embodied way of knowing and
being, might provide a venue for exploring the potential of the New Zealand Curriculum …

In the area of Dance Education particularly in a primary education context there are several
publications on how to teach dance from a variety of philosophical standpoints (Stinson …

As the global vicissitudes of migration unfold so does ethnic difference in the classroom, and
this book offers a timely examination of teaching about culturally different dances. At a time …

Channelling the ‘Other’: an embodied approach to teaching across cultures Page 1 Research
in Dance Education Vol. 4, No. 2, December 2003 Channelling the ‘Other’: an embodied …

Dance has an important place in multicultural education and the development of culturally
responsive pedagogy. Through dance, children can explore and express their own and …