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An Analysis of Instructional Procedures in a College-Level Dalcroze Eurhythmics Class

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Sally Stone
Affiliation:
Carnegie-Mellon University

Extract

By developing techniques for describing the varieties of behaviours and experiences in a college-level Dalcroze Eurhythmics class and by using those techniques to record practices in two semesters of Eurhythmies classes, this study addressed both the need in the arts for systematic procedures for documenting the nature of arts experiences and the need to codify features in a Dalcroze Eurhythmics class.

The findings yield a description of regular practices in one particular classroom which may provide a base for future research. The findings also suggest that description of surf ace phenomena does not capture all that we need to know about the instruction process, and it may not yield an understanding of what occurs in a Eurhythmies class.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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