Skip to main content

Moving Matters: Supporting Disabled Dance Students in HE - Developing a Best Practice Resource

Research shows relatively few students with physical or sensory disabilities participate in dance in higher education. Many challenges are faced in providing the necessary support for these students particularly on courses where there is an emphasis on practical (technical and creative) skill development. Furthermore few opportunities exist for tutors to share experiences with many feeling isolated and in need of support when responding to the particular demands of individual students. Little research and few if any guidelines have been established for use by tutors.

The aim of this project is to develop and produce a resource document and accompanying DVD that would provide an attractive and accessible resource for tutors delivering practical dance activity to students with physical or sensory disabilities in HE. The resource document will draw principally from a range of materials that have been generated through an extended period of research at Coventry University and from experts in the field of dance and disability who contributed to two conferences on this theme during 2007. The aim is to develop materials that will provide information about teaching and learning strategies detailed information about working with Learning Support Assistants in the studio suggestions for modifying and adapting curricular and ideas for assessment methods and student support. A DVD will include filmed material from both conferences including reflections by speakers students and dance practitioners. The resource document will include best practice recommendations from within the wider dance community and will provide contacts for expanding networks and collaborative working across the sector.

Moving Matters Resource Pack

The project is complete and the resource pack is available. PALATINE has distributed a limited number of packs within UK higher education. The booklet continues to be available as a PDF file and the full pack (printed booklet and DVD) can be purchased from Coventry University.

Moving Matters: Supporting Disabled Dance Students in Higher Education (2008 1.1 MB PDF document)

Sarah Whatley Coventry University

 

moving-matters-supporting-disabled-dance-students.pdf
01/08/2008
moving-matters-supporting-disabled-dance-students.pdf View Document

The materials published on this page were originally created by the Higher Education Academy.