Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Dance pedagogy : what you need to know about teaching and learning dance

Envisioning dance education

Teaching dance and cross-disciplinary knowledge

Observing and analyzing the teaching and learning situation

Guiding students in learning dance

Understanding dance teaching methods

Organizing and managing the dance class

Analyzing the learner and the learning environment

Categorizing dance forms and their artistic demands

Part II. Implementing dance pedagogy : what you need to do to create a dance curriculum

Developing the lesson plan

Selecting the appropriate assessment tools for dance

Writing and delivering he lesson plan

Creating a curriculum

Sample units for dance forms

Culminating curriculum portfolio