Table of Contents

Part I: The Role of Dance in Education; Chapter 1. Introduction to Dance Integration; Chapter 3. Pedagogy: Enlivening the Classroom; Part II: Dance and Mathematics Learning Activities; Chapter 4. Counting and Cardinality; Chapter 5. Operations and Algebraic Thinking; Chapter 6. Numbers and Operations; Chapter 8. Geometry; Part III: Dance and Science Learning Activities; Chapter 9. Physical Science; Chapter 10. Life Science; Chapter 12. Investigation, Experimentation, and Technology.

About the Author

Karen A. Kaufmann is a professor of dance and the head of the dance programme at the University of Montana. A veteran of more than 35 years in dance education, she has published journal articles and a text for classroom teachers, spearheaded a model programme that laid the groundwork for this book and prepared dance, classroom and student teachers to use dance and creative movement in their classrooms. Jordan Dehline has been performing, choreographing and teaching in for seven years. She currently teaches modern and ballet at Ballet Arts Academy, in Missoula County Public Schools as part of the Montana Model Dance Education Programme (MoDE).