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Co-participative Research in a Dance Education Partnership: Nurturing Critical Pedagogy and Social Constructivism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2013

Linda Rolfe ,
Michael Platt ,
Veronica Jobbins ,
Anna Craft ,
Kerry Chappell  and
Helen Wright
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Abstract

Drawing on the Dance Partners for Creativity Research Project, this paper will consider the research methodologies and methods employed by a team of dance education professionals who seek to contribute to reinvigorating practice in relation to young people's creativity in secondary-level dance education in England. They have developed a focus on investigating the kinds of creative partnerships that are manifested between dance-artists and dance-teachers in a range of school settings. Using critical pedagogical and socio-constructivist approaches, the research draws on ethnographic, participatory, and reflective methods. The focus is on how partnerships can function as research sites, with participants as co-researchers.

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Research Article
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Congress on Research in Dance Conference Proceedings , Volume 41 , supplement S1: Global Perspectives On Dance Pedagogy: Research And Practice , 2009 , pp. 98 - 109
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2009

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