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American Association for the Advancement of P.E. established
Several schools and colleges in America offering dance education -
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Education Trends
+Oscillating between Progressive method of 'learning by doing' and conservative method of 'back to basics' method. +Isadora Duncan influencing a more 'aesthetic' and 'natural' approach dancing +Folk dancing popular under the influence of American immigrants -
First University Dance Program Established
By Margaret H'Doubler at University of Wisconsin -
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Great Depression and WWII
+More conservative ways of thinking and approach to education +dance educaiton emphasizing more 'practical' aspects such as physical fitness -
Sputnik launched
Greater emphasis on math and science; takes focus away from progressive education and subsquently the arts -
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Civil Rights Movement
+Focus brought to student cultural diversity, academic acheivement, curriculum planning -
ESEA
+Elemetary Secondary Education Act passed, funding benefits dance education programs; Nation Endowment for the Arts and Humanities renew interest in an provides funding for the arts; beginning of the "Dance Boom" -
Title IX
Dance programs shifting from Phys. Ed. to arts department, greater emphasis on creativity of dance -
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Education Trends
+value placed on critical thinking skills +dance recognized as a vehicle for understanding other subject areas +funding declining for the arts +more advanced degree programs becoming available in dance at universities +value and place of dance in education being identified and solidified -
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2000's to Present
Goals 2000- Educate America Act - Arts considered core curriculum +National Standards established for arts and dance education +2001 No Child Left Behind Act passed, more emphasis placed on test scores, less time and space for dance education in school schedule +Dance currently facilitated by non-dance-educated school teachers; few schools incorporating dance into curriculum; few designated spaces for dance education in public schools; FUTURE LOOKS GRIM