Presents case studies from experts in dance education, examining theory and practice developed from real-world scenarios that call for ethical decision-making. Dilemmas faced in the studio, on stage, in recreation centers and correctional facilities, and on social media are explored, accompanied by activities for humanizing dance pedagogy.

Acknowledgments vIntroductionDoug Risner and Karen Schupp 1Section One: Early Childhood and Elementary Dance EducationSection Editors: Theresa Purcell Cone and Susan W. StinsonSection IntroductionSusan W. Stinson and Theresa Purcell Cone 10Culture and Conflict: Planning a Dance PartnershipMarissa Beth Nesbit 16 Activity: What Parents Can Teach Us About Students Karen Schupp and Doug Risner 26The Ethics of Discussing Religious Beliefs in a Primary Dance ClassroomBecky Dyer and Susan W. Stinson 28 Activity: The Global Village Doug Risner 37Challenges and Solutions to Including Students with DisabilitiesTheresa Purcell Cone, Doug Risner and Karen Schupp 40 Activity: What Body Dances? Karen Schupp and Doug Risner 49She Wants to Dance with the BoysMonica J. Cameron Frichtel 51 Activity: Dancing Your Gender Doug Risner and Karen Schupp 59Values Inventory: Installment IDoug Risner 62Section Two: Middle School and High School Dance EducationSection Editor: Pam MusilSection IntroductionPam Musil 64Dance in the CrossfireMarissa Beth Nesbit with Adeena Lago 71 Activity: Changing Grades Doug Risner 80Dancing in BarsPam Musil 82 Activity: Uncovering Hidden Messages Karen Schupp and Doug Risner 91Waltzing with the EnemyKori Wakamatsu 93 Activity: Bystander Intervention: When It Is Your Business Karen Schupp 101Negotiating Challenges with Social Media: #overexposedKori Wakamatsu 103 Activity: Screens Out! Doug Risner 112American EthnocentrismPam Musil 115 Activity: Whose America? Our America, of Course! Karen Schupp and Doug Risner 125The Imperfect Advocate: Supporting Transgender Students in the Dance ClassMarissa Beth Nesbit 127 Activity: Speaking Transgender Karen Schupp 136Values Inventory: Installment IIDoug Risner 138Section Three: Dance Teacher Preparation and Postsecondary Dance EducationSection Editor: Elizabeth McPhersonSection IntroductionElizabeth McPherson with Donna A. Dragon; Doug Risner and Karen Schupp 140The Cultural Assumptions We CarryStephanie Milling 151 Activity: My Education Map Doug Risner 160Why Grade Inflation and Teacher Dispositions Don't MixElizabeth McPherson, Doug Risner and Karen Schupp 163 Activity: Honest Gestures Karen Schupp 173Confronting Urban PhobiasElizabeth McPherson with Kathleen Isaac 176 Activity: ­Anti-Racism Boxes Doug Risner 185Whistleblowing Adolescent Sexual AbuseBarbara Bashaw and Marissa Beth Nesbit 188 Activity: Doing the Right Thing or Doing Things Right? Karen Schupp 197Where to Draw the LineKaren Schupp and Robin Prichard 199 Activity: Motivating Growth Karen Schupp 208When Department Policy Limits TeachingTanya Berg and Doug Risner 211 Activity: Make the Case Doug Risner 220Teaching Contact Improvisation: Touching and Being TouchedTanya Berg and Doug Risner 223 Activity: Touchy Subjects Doug Risner 233Values Inventory: Installment IIIDoug Risner 235Section Four: Community DanceSection Editors: Sherrie Barr and Miriam GiguereSection IntroductionSherrie Barr and Miriam Giguere 238Whose Class Is It Anyway?Sherrie Barr and Miriam Giguere with Mary Fitzgerald 245 Activity: Social Immersion Project Doug Risner 254Dancing Within Prison WallsSherrie Barr, Miriam Giguere and Susan Bendix 256 Activity: Critical Field Observations Doug Risner 265Intergenerational MovesSherrie Barr and Miriam Giguere with Susan Bendix 267 Activity: What Should Dance Education Look Like? Doug Risner 276Why Do I Have to Perform?Miriam Giguere and Sherrie Barr 278 Activity: Performing Your Values Karen Schupp and Doug Risner 286Teaching Artist Advocates: The Difference We Can MakeDoug Risner and Karen Schupp 288 Activity: Heterosexual Questionnaire Doug Risner 297Values Inventory: Installment IVDoug Risner 300Appendix I: Teachers' Guide 303Appendix II: Field Observation Notes Template 305Works Cited 311About the Contributors 327Index 331

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.