Embodied Curriculum Theory and Research in Arts Education

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Introduction

   • Susan W. Stinson

   Pages 1-3

3. Essays on Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Practice

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-6

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   2. Curriculum and the Morality of Aesthetics (1985)

      • Susan W. Stinson

      Pages 7-18

   3. Reflections on Teacher Education in Dance (1991)

      • Susan W. Stinson

      Pages 19-29

   4. Seeking a Feminist Pedagogy for Children’s Dance (1998, Revised)

      • Susan W. Stinson

      Pages 31-52

   5. Choreographing a Life: Reflections on Curriculum Design, Consciousness, and Possibility (2001)

      • Susan W. Stinson

      Pages 53-64

   6. What We Teach Is Who We Are: The Stories of Our Lives (2002)

      • Susan W. Stinson

      Pages 65-78

   7. My Body/Myself: Lessons from Dance Education (2004)

      • Susan W. Stinson

      Pages 79-94

   8. The Hidden Curriculum of Gender in Dance Education (2005)

      • Susan W. Stinson

      Pages 95-105

   9. Dance in Schools: Valuing the Questions (2006)

      • Susan W. Stinson

      Pages 107-114

   10. Questioning Our Past and Building a Future: Teacher Education in Dance for the Twenty-First Century (2010)

       • Susan W. Stinson

       Pages 115-128

   11. Rethinking Standards and Assessment in Dance Education (2015)

       • Susan W. Stinson

       Pages 129-140

4. Research Methodology and Voices of Young People

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-142

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   2. Research as Art: New Directions for Dance Educators (1985)

      • Susan W. Stinson

      Pages 143-154

   3. Body of Knowledge (1995)

      • Susan W. Stinson

      Pages 155-167

   4. Teaching Research and Writing to Dance Artists and Educators (2009)

      • Ann H. Dils, Susan W. Stinson, Doug Risner

      Pages 169-186

   5. Searching for Evidence: Continuing Issues in Dance Education Research (2015)

      • Susan W. Stinson

      Pages 187-198

   6. Voices of Young Women Dance Students: An Interpretive Study of Meaning in Dance (1990)

      • Susan W. Stinson, Donald Blumenfield-Jones, Jan Van Dyke

      Pages 199-218

   7. Meaning and Value: Reflections on What Students Say About School (1993)

      • Susan W. Stinson

      Pages 219-241

This collection of articles by Susan W. Stinson, organized thematically and chronologically by the author, reveals the evolution of the field of arts education in general and dance education in particular, through narrative and critical reflections by this unique scholar and a few co-authors. It also includes contextual insights not available elsewhere. The author's pioneering embodied research work in arts and dance education continues to be relevant to researchers today. The selected chapters and articles were predominantly previously published in a variety of journals, conference proceedings and books between 1985 and the present. Each section is preceded by an introduction and the author has written a post scriptum for each article to offer a commentary or response to the article from the current perspective.

• Arts pedagogy
• Assessment in arts education
• Curriculum design in dance education
• Curriculum theory
• Dance education
• Embodied educational research
• Feminist studies
• Gender in dance education
• Morality of aesthetics
• Qualitative research
• Research in dance education
• Teacher education in dance

“Stinson pairs a treasury of her contributions to dance education research with personal reflections on her practice as a dance education researcher … . Emerging and established dance educators, dance education researchers, and undergraduate and graduate students invested in dance education would benefit from reading this book. Stinson’s expertise and passion is evident on each page, and her willingness to question dance education, as well as herself, will inspire dance educators and dance education researchers regardless of their career trajectory.” (Karen Schupp, Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 17 (2), April, 2017)

“Embodied curriculum theory and research in arts education: a dance scholar’s search for meaning brings together a collection of essays by internationally renowned dance educator, Susan Stinson. … It will appeal to researchers, teachers and students, and it promises to be an important text for dance educators at all levels. … this is an impressive body of work. It represents some of the most original theory-in-practice and rigorous research-in-action in the field of dance education.” (Edward C. Warburton, Research in Dance Education, February, 2017)

“This book is a treasure – a collection of significant and insightful works by an outstanding scholar in our international community of practitioner-researchers in dance and arts education. … I recommend this book as essential reading for critical dance researchers engaged in ‘western’ higher education and as an appropriate textbook for graduate students in dance pedagogy and curriculum. … I acknowledge Sue’s substantial contribution and fine scholarship, shared with love and personal commitment to enhancing embodied research.” (Karen N. Barbour, International Journal of Education & the Arts, ijea.org, Vol. 17 (1), November, 2016)p>

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  Susan W. Stinson

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