EDUC Outline

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

(D100)

Danielle Vezina ?

email: dsvezina@yahoo.com ?

Office Hourse: TBA

Friday 9:30-12:20 EDB 7540 (Mini Gym)

PREREQUISITE:

60 hours credit including 6 hours in Education Courses

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course is designed for people with or without dance training, who want to teach dance in arts, P.E.

classroom contexts, or integrate movement education within a wider professional community. In this

experiential class students will develop an understanding of the movement concepts (action, space, time,

force, and relationship), which are the framework for making and teaching dance. This course will

explore dance as a non verbal and artistic language, and students will be introduced to the creative

process involved when using and teaching dance as an expressive art form. Opportunity will be given

to utilize the art of improvisation as a way of discovering movement language. Opportunity will be

given to incorporate dance movement in the various areas of curriculum, as well as the centrality of

movement to embodied curricular learning. Time will be given to explore movement, create and

perform, as well as observe and take part in the work of others.

COURSE GOALS

1) For students to explore/become familiar with the elements of movement.

2) For students to become familiar with the BC dance curriculum.

3)

For students to leave the course with teachable materials and strategies.

4) For students to have experience in creating and performing.

5)

For students to develop a personal rational as to how/why dance should/should not be included

within the educational setting.

ASSIGNMENTS

(details inside)

1. Attendance

5%

2. Participation

5%

3. group dance (A) 10% (assessment is split three ways: peer evaluation/teacher evaluation/intergroup

dynamic evaluation)

4. group dance (B) 20% (assessment of lesson plans leading to group dance)

5.

Draft of your final piece 20%

6. Reading Portfolio 10%

7.

Performance attendancel0%

8.

Final Dance presentation 20% (pass/fail)

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REQUIRED READING

Gilbert, Anne G. Creative Dance for All Ages. National Dance Association: APHERD.

Course readings: available in course box in the CET.

PLEASE COME TO CLASS PREPARED TO MOVE AND DANCE.

This means that you

should be dressed appropriately. Wear clothes that do not restrict your range of movement, and not so

baggy that we can't see what it is you are doing.

ASSIGNMENTS

** This course requires ACTIVE participation, and strict regular attendance.

Failure to attend class

will result in a deduction of 5% per absence on your final grade. You may miss one class

without penalty.

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Attendance

5%:

Attending every class is mandatory and expected. If unable to attend class-

medical certificates will be required/ or exceptional circumstances

Participation

5%:

Attending every class does not entitle a full 100% participation grade. Participation

requires that you actively take part in the class, that you are able to discuss the readings when called on

to do so. That you actively work with your classmates in a cooperative manner. That you don't spend

class time designated for working on your final piece sitting on the floor 'discussing' your final piece.

It also means that while working in group that you can actively take part in the decision making process,

that you can both work in a group setting as leader, as well as follow the direction of others. Active

participation also requires that you challenge yourself to move beyond comfort zones, so that you are

able to try new ideas, generate new ways of moving, and build your range of movement from week to

week. Participation will be based on my own personal observations.

Group Dance 10% (two parts)

Part A

Create and teach a group dance. The focus of the dance will be up to your group. You can focus

on PE skills, Fine arts skills, language arts, Science concepts etc....

1) The educ 330 class will be divided into four groups. Each group will know exactly how many

students

will be learning their dance.

2)

On the presentation day each group will be given half the class time to teach their dance to

another group

Evaluation for this assignment will be a combination of peer review as well as my own review of the

presentation/teaching/ and applicability of the dance. The group will also have the opportunity to assess

the participation of all group members individually. The final individual grade for this will be based on

1/3 peer review, 1/3 my review, and 1/3 in-group review.

Part B 20%

The entire group will be responsible for putting together 3 complete lesson plans which

• support the knowledge and skills necessary, or learning the material that is presented in the dance piece.

The format of the lesson plan will be as follows:

1. Lesson Plan title/focus

2. PLO'S (prescribed Learning Outcomes) see BC curriculum

3.

warm up

4. exploring concept

5.

developing skills

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6. creating

7.

cooling down

** In your creative dance textbook on page 38 it gives a detailed explanation of what is expected in each

of these sections. You may use any exercises from your creative dance textbook/and or/ you may create

your own/or go to another source.

** * include a short rational for the dance (why do it? Why have students learn this dance?) this should

be no more than one page double spaced.

**** also include a written version of your dance/including counts if possible.

Once reviewed the lesson plans and dance will be made available to your peers/ these materials should

help to start you off with some materials that are ready to be brought into your classrooms.

Assessment of this section will be done by myself. Details will be given out.

Draft of Final Dance Piece 20%

The draft will be a work in progress- the concept will be clear, and movement sequences will be in the

process of being developed. The draft is to be thought of like a sketch- all parts will be visible- but still

need some revision and development. A draft is not concept only. The draft is due to be performed in

front of me as well as peers. Please come prepared. The closer your piece is to completion - the better

your mark! This means it is both worth time and effort to begin working on your piece as early as

possible.

PEER REVIEW OF DRAFT

(FAILURE TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN REVIEW WILL RESULT

IN —10% OFF THE FINAL GRADE)

Each student will have the job of reviewing a Peers draft. The peer review will give the performer some

clear and useable feedback on how the piece is working, what needs work, and what works well. This

review should be an honest review that gives the performer some feedback that is constructive, and

supportive of the dancers initiative. Two copies of the review should be made, one for the dancer, one

for the instructor

On the DAY that the drafts are due, each student will have the task of assessing a peers draft. The

assessment and comments that you prepare for your colleague will be turned in to me the following

week for me to review, and passed along to your colleague- to help in their creative process.

Final Dance Piece 20% (Pass? Fail)

Choreograph an original dance piece- based on your improvisations and explorations of conceptual and

movement elements from this course. The dance can be performed by yourself, or you can work in

collaboration and dance with one other classmate. The piece should be no longer than three minutes in

length- no shorter than a minute and a half.

Performance ATTENDANCE 10%

You will be required to attend one dance presentation- OUTSIDE OF CLASS TIME. For the time it

takes to attend the performance you will be credited by having the last class of educ 330 cancelled. You

must hand. in your ticket stub for proof of attendance. ?

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Reading Portfolio 10%

(2

COMPONENTS)

1) each student will have a personalized file folder which I keep. To this file each student is expected to

hand in a reading log for all of the readings which come from the courseware package. No reading log

is required for the readings from the creative dance textbook.

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Your readin g lo g

will:

1)

summarize the key concepts of the reading. This should be done in one paragraph.

2)

Include three CRITICAL questions that you have with regard to the reading.

3)

Classroom or educational applicability ( how/why to apply the ideas within education) One to three

Paragraphs.

** These reading logs will not be graded individually- rather they will taken as a whole as being 1)

above standard, 2) meeting standards, or 3) not meeting standard =

5%

Related to your readings will be a personal short one page rational for the inclusion of dance within

education based on and supported by your readings =

5%.

This is to be handed in on the second last

day of class.

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