Experiential Learning: Dance at the Community College
Session Abstract
“Learning is experience. Everything else is just information.” Is by Albert Einstein.
Experiential Learning: Dance at the Community College is a lecture/performance presentation that explores the learning that takes place through the engagement in dance at the community college level. Presenting comparative analysis with dance education and Kolb’s learning styles.
Target Audience
The target audience for this presentation is students, educators, community program organizers and individuals involved with or interested in community engagement and the arts.
Session Description
Experiential Learning: Dance at the Community College is an exploration of learning theory through practice and performance. Albert Einstein said, “Learning is experience. Everything else is just information.” David A. Kolb and Roger Fry developed a learning styles model consisting of four elements: concrete experience (feeling); reflective observation (watching); abstract conceptualization (thinking); and active experimentation (doing).
This presentation will focus on dance programs at the community college level and the impact the programs have community members, faculty, students, and the community at large through danced based activities, workshops and performances that encourage community engagement. A comparative analysis will be presented with dance education and Kolb’s learning styles model.
This presentation will incorporate a PowerPoint lecture, video and live dance performance to illustrate the process of learning theory through practice and performance and to bring this process to life through the art of dance.