A Conceptual Framework for the Study of Dance Teaching

In order to understand and improve the dance teaching-learning process it is first necessary to design a conceptual framework which will contain and sequence the relevant elements. The framework presented here meets certain key criteria and provides the infrastructure for an instructional theory for dance. It is patterned on the Presage-Process-Product model, yet is sufficiently comprehensive to be applied to a variety of dance teaching settings. So long as the dance teaching role is critical to the evolution and preservation of dance in society, research based on this framework is needed to generate practical and theoretical pedagogical guidelines.