The 2016 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (CSC), a joint conference with the Ohio Foreign Language Association, focused on fostering language and culture connections within and outside the language classroom and across the curriculum at all levels. A variety of approaches aimed at improving skills in language,…

The information shared in this document represents a dialogue between the United States and the Soviet Union on the discipline of dance medicine, which involves the care of injured dancers as well as prevention of injuries. An introduction including a preface, opening remarks, and an overview of dance medicine comprises section 1. The second…

The Binational Dance Conference was organized into three focal themes--verities, values, and visions in dance--to emphasize the known and accepted worth and value of dance, and to stimulate through knowledge and idea exchange, imaginative directions for dance in the future of both the United States and Canada. This thematic structure is also the…

Abstracts of 155 original research papers presented at the 1979 American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance convention are given. Papers are grouped by topic for each session of the convention. Time and date for each presentation of the papers is indicated and the name and address of the author to whom inquiries for…

This book on the interdisciplinary nature of dance medicine as an emerging field of inquiry contains the following chapters: (1) "A Comparison of Patterns of Injury in Ballet, Modern, and Aerobic Dance" (Marie Schafle, And Others); (2) "Pronation as a Predisposing Factor in Overuse Injuries" (Steven R. Kravitz); (3) "Some…

This volume contains the Research Consortium research abstracts which were accepted for presentation at the annual convention of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance in Houston (Texas), April 23-27, 1982. Included for each abstract are the name and address of the presenter and the day and time of presentation.…

This symposium focused principally on a transcultural approach to music teaching and learning. After an introductory chapter, contents (1) compare the music and dance of the Hawaiian and Hopi peoples; (2) explore the role of the music teacher in multi-cultural societies; (3) present a pictorial notation designed for the transmission of traditional…

Presented are the proceedings from the National Conference on Arts and Humanities/Gifted and Talented. Included are reports and presentations with the following titles: "A Temporary Community" (the development of the conference); "The Arts and the Gifted: A Stereoscopic View" (identification of the gifted/talented population); "What's To Be Done?"…

This document summarizes the proceedings from a 3-day conference about arts education technology. Presenters addressed both the promise and uncertainty of new and emerging technologies. There was an overriding concern for students and teachers, the human element of education that technology should serve. Day 1 consisted of the opening session…

The proceedings of the 2nd annual Pittsburgh Conference on Art Therapy (with handicapped persons) consists of 44 items including full length papers, summaries of previously published papers, descriptions of workshops, and a limited number of abstracts (submitted by those who chose not to present a paper or workshop description). The papers are…

The conference reported in these proceedings focused on the sharing of recent innovations, successful programming and teaching concepts, and research in children's physical education. Materials are presented in three sections, one for each day of the conference. The first day's agenda included presentations by nationally known physical educators…

The materials contained in this conference report are presented in three sections, one for each day of the conference. The agenda for the first day included an activity session entitled "Gregarious Activities Make Everyone Smile (Games)," a presentation on the use of computers in physical education, a session on the role of understanding…

These papers focus on four themes: (1) young children: active learners; (2) physical education: the forgotten aspect of early childhood education; (3) dance: bringing movement as art into the early childhood curriculum; and (4) the child as an energetic, moving learner. Common threads of emphasis were woven through the content of the…

The document reports on the Oregon Adaptive Arts Techniques Project, a program to provide direct preservice and inservice training through a series of workshops to teachers and community agents in arts education and its application to handicapped students. Brief summaries are provided for workshop presentations in the following areas (the names of…

This collection of essays explores various arts education-specific evaluation tools, as well as considers Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and the inclusion of people with disabilities in the design of evaluation instruments and strategies. Prominent evaluators Donna M. Mertens, Robert Horowitz, Dennie Palmer Wolf, and Gail Burnaford are…