Ethical Dilemmas in Dance Education

Doug Risner is professor of dance and distinguished faculty fellow at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. Karen Schupp is associate professor of dance and associate director of dance in the Herberger Institute School of Film, Dance and Theatre at Arizona State University.

“Original and groundbreaking.... This is a pivotal text to propel dance education beyond the status quo tenants of ‘best practices.’... This text may well be the driver moving personal, value-based pedagogies beyond methods-based instruction. An exciting read and an honest journey in meaningful decision making.”—Susan Kirchner, Towson University.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionDoug Risner and Karen SchuppSection One: Early Childhood and Elementary Dance EducationSection Editors: Theresa Purcell Cone and Susan W. StinsonSection IntroductionSusan W. Stinson and Theresa Purcell ConeCulture and Conflict: Planning a Dance PartnershipMarissa Beth NesbitActivity: What Parents Can Teach Us About StudentsKaren Schupp and Doug RisnerThe Ethics of Discussing Religious Beliefs in a Primary Dance ClassroomBecky Dyer and Susan W. StinsonActivity: The Global VillageDoug RisnerChallenges and Solutions to Including Students with DisabilitiesTheresa Purcell Cone, Doug Risner and Karen SchuppActivity: What Body Dances?Karen Schupp and Doug RisnerShe Wants to Dance with the BoysMonica J. Cameron FrichtelActivity: Dancing Your GenderDoug Risner and Karen SchuppValues Inventory: InstallmentDoug RisnerSection Two: Middle School and High School Dance EducationSection Editor: Pam MusilSection IntroductionPam MusilDance in the CrossfireMarissa Beth Nesbit with Adeena LagoActivity: Changing GradesDoug RisnerDancing in BarsPam MusilActivity: Uncovering Hidden MessagesKaren Schupp and Doug RisnerWaltzing with the EnemyKori WakamatsuActivity: Bystander Intervention: When It Is Your BusinessKaren SchuppNegotiating Challenges with Social Media: #overexposedKori WakamatsuActivity: Screens Out!Doug RisnerAmerican EthnocentrismPam MusilActivity: Whose America? Our America, of Course!Karen Schupp and Doug RisnerThe Imperfect Advocate: Supporting Transgender Students in the Dance ClassMarissa Beth NesbitActivity: Speaking TransgenderKaren SchuppValues Inventory: InstallmentDoug RisnerSection Three: Dance Teacher Preparation and Postsecondary Dance EducationSection Editor: Elizabeth McPhersonSection IntroductionElizabeth McPherson with Donna A. Dragon; Doug Risner and Karen SchuppThe Cultural Assumptions We CarryStephanie MillingActivity: My EducationDoug RisnerWhy Grade Inflation and Teacher Dispositions Don’tElizabeth McPherson, Doug Risner and Karen SchuppActivity: Honest GesturesKaren SchuppConfronting Urban PhobiasElizabeth McPherson with Kathleen IsaacActivity: ­Anti-Racism BoxesDoug RisnerWhistleblowing Adolescent Sexual AbuseBarbara Bashaw and Marissa Beth NesbitActivity: Doing the Right Thing or Doing Things Right?Karen SchuppWhere to Draw the LineKaren Schupp and Robin PrichardActivity: Motivating GrowthKaren SchuppWhen Department Policy Limits TeachingTanya Berg and Doug RisnerActivity: Make the CaseDoug RisnerTeaching Contact Improvisation: Touching and Being TouchedTanya Berg and Doug RisnerActivity: Touchy SubjectsDoug RisnerValues Inventory: InstallmentDoug RisnerSection Four: Community DanceSection Editors: Sherrie Barr and Miriam GiguereSection IntroductionSherrie Barr and Miriam GiguereWhose Class Is It Anyway?Sherrie Barr and Miriam Giguere with Mary FitzgeraldActivity: Social Immersion Project Doug RisnerDancing Within Prison WallsSherrie Barr, Miriam Giguere and Susan BendixActivity: Critical Field ObservationsDoug RisnerIntergenerational MovesSherrie Barr and Miriam Giguere with Susan BendixActivity: What Should Dance Education Look Like?Doug RisnerWhy Do I Have to Perform?Miriam Giguere and Sherrie BarrActivity: Performing Your ValuesKaren Schupp and Doug RisnerTeaching Artist Advocates: The Difference We Can MakeDoug Risner and Karen SchuppActivity: Heterosexual QuestionnaireDoug RisnerValues Inventory: InstallmentDoug RisnerAppendix I: Teachers’ GuideAppendix II: Field Observation Notes TemplateWorks CitedAbout the ContributorsIndex