Dance educators in higher education have a long history of
enriching the lives of others through community-based teaching,
choreography, research, and service. Yet their valuable
contributions to community development may not be acknowledged as
legitimate scholarship by the university or other educational
organizations. If you are a dance educator or student seeking to
engage in public scholarship in dance and want to ensure your work
receives the attention it deserves, this resource is for you.
Public Scholarship in Dance is a dance-specific guide that provides
examples of what others have done and suggestions for ways dance
educators can evaluate their own projects or work for scholarship.
Complete with research, teaching, performance, assessments, and
dissemination tools, it is a total package that supports dance
educators in their professional development through public
scholarship and community engagement. Author Lynnette Young Overby
combines Kolb's experiential education model with her three decades
of experience as a dance educator to show how dance can be public
scholarship as teaching, choreography, research, and service.
Throughout the text, she shares examples of well-known dance
educators who use the methodology to create community dance in a
range of settings, including nursing homes, schools, community arts
organizations, and underserved groups in the community. Through
this text, future public scholars will learn how to do the
following: *Identify the criteria for public scholarship in dance
and connect it to academic requirements for dance educators.
*Understand and apply to their projects the framework for public
scholarship in dance. *Broaden their view of public scholarship to
include research, testing, choreography, performance, and service.
*Document their professional activities and development for
university administrators. *Demonstrate the value of their
contributions within the framework of promotions, merit, and
tenure. *Lay the foundation for projects considered legitimate by
the university and other academic settings Features include the
following: *Real-world examples of successful community dance
projects *Dance-specific models for future project design
*Assessment tools for connecting projects to rigor in dance
education *An appendix with ready-to-use templates to guide the
development, implementation, and dissemination of public
scholarship in dance projects *Suggested readings and additional
resources for continued learning and professional development The
goal of this text is to assist dance educators in creating
scholarly, community-focused projects. To that end, the book
mirrors the stated missions of higher education-teaching, research,
service, and-for dance educators-choreography. Chapter 1
establishes the historical and theoretical basis for public
scholarship while defining public scholarship in dance. Chapter 2
focuses on academic service learning-including the teaching of
dance-and the importance of meeting the experiential learning needs
of students. Chapter 3 explores choreography as commuunity
expression and offers guidelines on assessing and developing
community-based choreography. In chapter 4, dance educators delve
into research and the role it plays in shaping a career in public
scholarship. Chapter 5 makes a case for service as scholarship
while demonstrating specific assessment criteria that demonstrate
impact. Chapter 6 explores various forms of assessment that can be
used to document projects and prepare for tenure, promotion, and
merit considerations. Chapter 7 concludes by proposing a vision for
the future of dance education in which community is an integral
part. Public Scholarship in Dance will inspire budding and
experienced dance educators and arm them with the necessary tools
to incorporate community engagement into their lives to positively
affect students, their community, and their professional
portfolios.
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