🇬🇧 CULTURALLY RELEVANT TEACHING 🇬🇧 (English)
CULTURALLY RELEVANT TEACHING
DESCRIPTION OF SIGNAL
Equality, hierarchy, cultural expressions, aesthetics, dance forms & techniques.
“look at him dance, all he need is some technique, i wish i could get him in a ballet class”
Mcharty -Brown brings up the problem and reflects on the impact traditional dance training and hierarchy can have on students, in her book Dancepedagogy for a diverse world. Mcharty-Brown writes that there is a need for culturally relevant teaching in dance education. She examines the issue of culturally relevant teaching methods in dance education and makes suggestions for development in this area.
REFLECTION
From my personal experience as a dancer, coming from a background where I've practiced non-western dance forms, I've seen and I can still see the hierarchy in the dance community and society. But most certainly I also notice that this problem is being brought to the light and more individuals and organizations are more conscious and take responsibility.
POTENTIAL
From what I experience there is more than just an advance in consciousness and responsibility in the dancefield regarding this problem. Culturally relevant approach and inclusive pedagogy are two terms and approaches applied in education nowadays. Those two approaches, are in my understanding both focusing on meeting the students on their conditions and understanding and permitting different cultural backgrounds. The common aim is diversity, letting different perspectives be a part of the education, instead of enforcing the same set values and perspectives on every student.
SOURCE:
Litterature: Mcharty-Brown Nyama , Dance Pedagogy for a Diverse World: Culturally Relevant Teaching in Theory, Research and Practice, 2017
https://theavarnagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/But-thats-just-good-teaching.pdf
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