Dance educators have the responsibility to provide students with excellent and positive dance experiences.
The Excellent Instructor & the Teaching of Dance Technique provides practical, detailed information that covers multiple facets of dance pedagogy. Author Nora Ambrosio uses her experience as dance educator, as well as research on current pedagogical methods, to bridge the gap between knowledge and practice. She covers the fundamentals of teaching dance, how to best educate and instruct students, and discusses the qualities that define an excellent instructor. Tailored specifically to the needs of both established and budding dance educators, the publication examines the fundamentals of both what to teach and how to teach in order to have a positive and lasting impact on students' comprehension, learning, and love of dance.
Ambrosio's The Excellent Instructor & the Teaching of Dance Technique:
- Features Discussion Questions and Creative Projects at the end of each chapter to promote critical thinking and hands-on application of Chapter concepts.
- Provides numerous dramatic photos throughout to illustrate text information.
- Includes a variety of instructor resources: suggested readings; magazines, periodicals & newspapers; dance DVD and digital media distributors; dance floor information; dance on the internet; and workshops & dance organizations for dance educators.
- ISBN13 9781524922115
- Publish Date 30 June 2018 (first published 30 December 2012)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.
- Edition 3rd Revised edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 277
- Language English