Didactics and Methodology of Dance Theory and History 1

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Code Completion Credits Range Language Instruction Semester
107DMDH1 credit 2 1 seminar hours (45 min) of instruction per week, 41 to 51 hours of self-study English winter

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Department

The subject provides Dance Department

Contents

The course deals with the problems of teaching dance history and theory, mainly at conservatories or other types of schools. It includes lectures and seminars in which students present independent work. The course is followed by Teaching Practice in Dance History and Theory. In the first semester, the content is an introduction to the main problem areas of general didactics and history didactics and their application to dance history and theory. The aim of the course is to provide the theoretical background and principles for the organization and formulation of the content of teaching in the field of dance theory and history, and the specific features of teaching these subjects.

Thematic areas:

I. General didactics

Aims of teaching; content of teaching; relationship between teacher and pupils; organisational forms of teaching; teaching methods; didactic principles; curriculum and didactic documents; planning and preparation of the teacher's work; material and didactic aids; diagnosis and evaluation of pupils' knowledge.

II. Didactics of history as a basis for didactics of dance history

Relationship between historical knowledge and the content of history teaching; informative and formative component; interdisciplinary and intradisciplinary coordination; the aim of history; the tasks of the subject; the teacher's work and the formulation of the content of teaching, preparation for teaching; textbooks; history methodology.

III. Didactics and methodology of dance history and theory

Topics of seminar papers:

Elaboration of the objectives of dance history and theory (general, for individual years of dance conservatories, individual thematic blocks)

Analysis of textbooks - in the field of dance history and related disciplines (history of theatre, history of music, history of visual arts, general history)

A paper from the specialist literature

Learning outcomes

Students acquire theoretical knowledge in the field of didactics (general and disciplinary), acquire didactic principles, their application in solving seminar tasks; become familiar with professional texts and materials.

Prerequisites and other requirements

none

Literature

Required reading:

Materials from electronic sources - websites of dance conservatories (information about the concept of teaching, curricula, etc.); documents related to the field of education (laws and regulations and other materials related to the studied issue)

Textbooks on history and history of art and individual artistic disciplines; teaching aids (overviews, pictorial materials, etc.).

Textbooks on the history of dance/ballet.

Recommended reading:

PARKAN, František. Didaktika dějepisu. V Praze: Univerzita Karlova, Pedagogická fakulta, 2014. ISBN 9788072906444.

SKALKOVÁ, Jarmila. Obecná didaktika. Vyd. 1. Praha: ISV, 1999. 292 s. ISBN 80-85866-33-1.

ZORMANOVÁ, Lucie. Obecná didaktika: pro studium a praxi. Praha: Grada, 2014. Pedagogika (Grada). ISBN 978-80-247-4590-9.

Evaluation methods and criteria

The student receives credit for continuous independent activity and the preparation of written work on the assigned topic.

Attendance in class min. 75 %.

Study and reflection on the literature.

Further information

No schedule has been prepared for this course

The subject is a part of the following study plans