Rechoreographing Learning - Dance As a Way to Bridge the Mind-Body Divide in Education

This study addresses the mind-body dichotomy in movement and dance.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
About the Author
Preface
Chapter 1: Combatting the Mind-Body Dichotomy
A Discussion of the Mind-Body Dichotomy
Making the Case for the Body Basis of Knowing-Pioneers
Accessing the Body Way of Knowing
Exploration Experiences
Chapter 2: Sensory Reception and Their Contributions to Body Knowledge
Human Sensory Systems
Human Sensation and the Mind-Body Connection
Applications to Learning Movement and Dance
Exploration Experiences
Chapter 3: Connections between Body, Brain, Mind, and Thinking
The Body Way of Knowing
The Role of Attention
Mental Imagery
Exploration Experiences
Chapter 4: The Role of the Body in Interpersonal Connections and Communications
Introduction
Empathy
Nonverbal Communication
Symbolic Communication
Exploration Experiences
Chapter 5: The Body, Movement, Dance, and Learning
Popular Learning Theories
Creativity
Learning through the Arts
Exploration Experiences
Chapter 6: In Conclusion...
Further Evidence
Future Considerations
Recommendations
Discussion
Glossary
Index

About the author

Sandra Cerny Minton is Co-Coordinator of the Dance Education MA Program at UNC, a program she created and which was instituted in 2014.

Summary

This study addresses the mind-body dichotomy in movement and dance.

Product details

• Authors: Sandra Cerny Minton
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.12.2022
• EAN: 9781032193809
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3219380-9
• No. of pages: 228
• Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet