Bachelor of Dance Education
If your passion is for dance and movement, and you want a professional career as a Teacher of these disciplines, ACPE’s dance teaching courses are specifically designed with you in mind. The dance teaching degree is unique in Australia in that it positions the study and practice of dance as an art form within the broader context of physical activity and physical expression. Students who undertake this degree build a foundation for the lifelong development of skills and attributes appropriate to professional teachers.
Students simultaneously broaden their experience in dance and in physical education, in an environment that focuses on educational pedagogy. Both areas are supported by the study of personal development, health, and the anatomy of the human body.
Personal Development, Health, and Physical Education (PD/H/PE) is offered as a parallel course of study, enabling students to qualify in a second teaching method and a key learning area in secondary schools.
The Bachelor of Dance Education is endorsed by the NSW Department of Education.
Courses offered in this dance teaching degree include –
The degree program is divided into eight semesters, each of 12 weeks duration. Study involves approximately 16 contact hours a week (excluding examination and study weeks).
The course is taught via lectures, tutorials, dance classes, performance workshops, seminars, and individual tuition. Students also undertake four professional experience sessions in a range of schools.
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Semester |
Education |
Curriculum |
Dance |
Health |
Movement |
Science |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Year | ||||||
| Semester 1 | Child and Adolescent Development | Foundations of Dance |
Skill Acquisition | |||
| Dance History | ||||||
| Semester 2 | Dance Composition 1 | Dance Production | Anatomy & Physiology | |||
| Popular Dance Styles | ||||||
| Second Year | ||||||
| Semester 3 | Classroom Skills 1 | Classical Dance Styles | The Health of Young People | Practices in Movement | ||
| Professional Experience 1 | ||||||
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Professional Experience 2 | ||||||
| Semester 4 | Curriculum Planning for Learning and Teaching Dance 1 | Dance Analysis | Making Informed Decisions about Health & Wellbeing | Elements of Movement | ||
| Third Year | ||||||
| Semester 5 | Classroom Skills 2 | Curriculum Planning for Learning and Teaching in PDHPE 1 | Dance & Technology | The Application of Teaching Games | ||
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Professional Experience 3 | ||||||
| Semester 6 | Social Influences and Student Diversity |
Dance Performance | Human Relationships for Wellbeing |
Mechanics of Movement & Performance | ||
| Fourth Year | ||||||
| Semester 7 | Literacy for Learning and Teaching | Curriculum Planning for Learning and Teaching in PDHPE 2 | The Art of Dance Teaching | |||
| Curriculum Planning for Learning and Teaching in Dance 2 | ||||||
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Professional Experience 4 | ||||||
| Semester 8 | The Inclusive Classroom | Teacher as Researcher |
Dance Composition for Groups |
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| Aboriginal Education | ||||||
Employment opportunities include -
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