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Developing Taiwanese Kindergarten Teachers' Pedagogy in Creative Dance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2013

Shu-Ying Liu
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This paper considers how Taiwanese kindergarten teachers' skills and abilities in teaching creative dance are being developed through a government-funded project in which researchers are collaborating with volunteer kindergartens to research, develop, and assess strategies for teacher training and development. In doing so, they are addressing the significant gap between government policy, teacher skills and knowledge, and classroom practice. The paper reflects on specific cases and the success with which teachers have been empowered and motivated by their direct involvement in the development of strategies, and their dance teaching abilities developed by fully involving them in the research process.

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Congress on Research in Dance Conference Proceedings , Volume 41 , supplement S1: Global Perspectives On Dance Pedagogy: Research And Practice , 2009 , pp. 17 - 21
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2009

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