Moving Matters: supporting disabled dance students in HE
| Date: | 21 Nov 07 | ||
| Venue: | Ellen Terry Arts and Media Centre, Jordan Well Road, Coventry | ||
| Host institution: | Coventry University | ||
| Email bookings to: | Barbara Hargreaves palatine@lancaster.ac.uk 01524 592614 | ||
| Cost: | Attendance at this event is free for colleagues in UK higher education. For people outside UK HE there is a charge of £50, though priority will be given to HE colleagues. | ||
Event Description
This day will provide an opportunity for all those involved in delivering practical dance activities in HE to share successes, fears and aspirations in supporting disabled dance students. The focus will be principally on exploring strategies for supporting students with physical and sensory disabilities.
The aim of the day is to share good practice and different approaches to teaching and learning to enable teachers to develop expertise and confidence in this work. The day will include opportunities to observe and participate in practical dance activities, including tutor-led technique-based sessions as well as creative, choreographic workshops. Themes will include:
- language and terminology in the delivery of practical classes
- developing learning outcomes, assessment criteria
- how learning is demonstrable and can be assessed
- learning support; how to provide it and manage it within small teaching teams
- entry onto courses and exit into the profession
- disabled and non-disabled students working together
Contributions to the day are invited. These may be in a variety of forms including papers, practical activities and poster presentations.
The day will take place at Coventry University in the Ellen Terry Arts and Media Centre, home to the Performing Arts Department and the BA (Hons) Dance and Professional Practice course. The building has studio spaces as well as lecture theatres and seminar rooms, and is fully accessible.
The dance team at Coventry University has developed a wealth of experience and expertise in teaching and learning methodology within this field by working closely with disabled dance students on the course and their learning support assistants, and will share their experiences as part of the day. The event is a follow-up to the conference in March this year, held at Coventry University and hosted in conjunction with SCODHE and Independent Dance; ‘Dance and Disability; Strategies for Inclusion in HE and Beyond’.
There is no charge for colleagues in higher education attending these PALATINE events.
Workshop Resources
Learning Difficulties in Practical Dance Study 
Colin Bourne, LABAN