| 261 | Wednesday, April 2, 2003 |
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| 1:30 PM-2:45 PM | Convention Center:106AB |
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| Acculturation Through Dance: Valuing Diversity |
| This presentation examines acculturation through dance as means to explore and value cultural diversity. Dances of the Micronesian Islands provide a lens through which participants can experience how dance and dancers become a conduit for cultural change.
Curricular materials are presented that will help teachers introduce this material to elementary and secondary students in dance and physical education programs. |
Keyword(s): dance education, multiculturalism/cultural diversity, research
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| Presider: Lynnette Young Overby, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI |
| Speaker: Nancy Brooks Schmitz, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, WI |