Multiple Literacies for Dance, Physical Education and Sports

This book explores a spectrum of literacies relevant to dance, physical education and sports. It examines conceptions of movement literacies, disciplinary literacies and traditional school literacies . It includes theory, research and instructional practice related to the uses of traditional print, multimedia, and embodied physical literacies . These literacies function independently but are also overlapping and mutually reinforcing in comprehensive instructional planning. As movement and activity-related fields continue to explore the potential for multiple literacies, this book introduces numerous possibilities, both conceptual and practical , for consideration.

·        Pre-service and in-service teachers in dance and physical education programs will learn how to integrate multiple literacies in curriculum design and teaching.

·        Graduate students will examinetheoretical premises of movement and disciplinary literacies and become familiar with original research on these topics.

·        Teachers, school administrators, coaches and athletic directors will use the book in order to guide the inclusion of movement and activity-based fields in the disciplinary literacy agenda now common in Pre-K through secondary schooling.

Media rich chapters , including photographic, video and other graphic images, allow students to access concepts through multiple modalities