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This paper focuses on the working relationship between the director of an HE institute in the UK, and an artist-researcher navigating the higher education dance working environment and motherhood. The paper draws on personal experiences, sections labelled "vignettes" that highlight a tension faced by the individual and reflects on how the director of a HE institution in the UK facilitated egalitarian work environments through her charismatic leadership style. Such leadership from a senior female colleague allowed me to live out my Romani feminism and encouraged an inclusive work culture within higher education and the dance sector.

This essay looks at how embodied knowledge of the city can be shaped by the intentional movement of dance and sensory mapping experiments, through a close examination of two different movement practices undertaken as part of the Dancing Bodies in Coventry(DBiC) project. The essay also explores the different ways in which embodied experiences of urban space and place are documented, as well as what the hybridisation of the digital and the bodily might mean for how we understand and navigate our urban environments.

The focus of this paper is on the WhoLoDancE EU Horizon 2020 project and the tensions between the technology and the potential impact on dancer education -- the aspirations versus the realities. We explore how neuroscientific concepts can help to understand the embodied experience of working with digital tools in a mediated learning environment. The paper focuses on scoping the literature that contributes to our thinking about the use of avatars and learning in the dance studio. The authors draw on neuroscience and education theory, supported by experience from developing the tools to offer insight into what technology in the dance studio could offer. We explore the possible potential for WhoLoDancE to contribute to future technologies for dance education and creation, and what opportunities might arise for teachers, learners and choreographers.

The paper explores the activities conducted as part of WhoLoDancE: Whole Body Interaction Learning for Dance Education which is an EU-funded Horizon 2020 project. In particular, we discuss the motion capture sessions that took place at Motek, Amsterdam as well as the dancers’ experience of being captured and watching themselves or others as varying visual representations through the HoloLens. HoloLens is Microsoft’s first holographic computer that you wear as you would a pair of glasses. The study embraced four dance genres: Ballet, Contemporary, Flamenco and Greek Folk dance. We are specifically interested in the kinesthetic and emotional engagement with the moving body and what new corporeal awareness may be experienced. Positioning the moving, dancing body as fundamental to technological advancements, we discuss the importance of considering the dancer’s experience in the real and virtual space. Some of the artists involved in the project have offered their experiences, which are included, and they form the basis of the discussion. In addition, we discuss the affect of immersive environments, how these environments expand reality and what effect (emotionally and otherwise) that has on the body. The research reveals insights into relationships between emotion, movement and technology and what new sensorial knowledge this evokes for the dancer.

This writing explores the experiences of people in the UK's contemporary dance sector during the COVID-19 pandemic.1 It draws on qualitative data from a small research project--Dance after Lockdown--to examine how that sector understands their work, and how the language and ideology of the creative industries have shaped the lives and experiences of contemporary dance artists and institutions in the UK. The paper offers a range of diverse voices as one of the goals of the research was to examine the breadth of experiences, which we hope makes a case for the need to have a dance sector that is flexible and responsive to the needs of many freelance dance artists. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Roma culture has always been a marginalised community within Spain yet revered for its performance artistry. This article explores flamenco and female flamenco dancers under the Francisco Franco dictatorship, 1939-1975. I discuss censorship under the political leader and its influence on flamenco as well as investigating the dynamics of women onstage within the flamenco sphere as seen through the documentary series Rito y Geografía (Rite and Geography) (1971-1974). Gender roles are examined through analysis of popular culture during Franco’s Spain and the manner in which he portrayed and romanticised the female flamenco dancer. I argue that he used the flamenco series as the vessel to manipulate discourse. Franco exploited flamenco to promote tourism and capitalised on the female flamenco dancer and used the series to promote a national identity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article considers the many layered and multi-faceted questions of hybridity as interdisciplinary encounter through the lens of a central case study – the EU-funded project, CultureMoves (2018-2020), on which the Centre for Dance Research (C-DaRE) was a collaborating partner. With Europeana principles as a backdrop for the re-use of cultural heritage content, CultureMoves was an 18-month long project that aimed to develop a series of digital tools enabling new forms of touristic engagement and dance educational resources. The CultureMoves project is marked by hybridity in terms of its very interdisciplinarity, in its rooting in an interpretation of 'creative tourism' (Richards and Raymond 2000; Richards and Marques 2012) as a means of enhancing encounters between artists, tourists and communities and in its focus on the expanded sense of the coming together of dance artist and cultural heritage site. With particular reference to the broader field of creative tourism, this article reflects on the key questions and assumptions that underlie existing and potential collaborations between the dance research/ education, digital technology and tourism sectors, and which prepared the terrain for the toolkit development. The article will also provide a close examination of experiments in the project that intend to awaken new experiences of space and place, and dormant histories, through bringing dancing bodies into relation with the built environment and digital technologies, as an intervention into creative (and cultural) tourism. Marked by the intersection of the human and non-human, and the differing expectations of stakeholders and audiences, the discussion also considers where experiments fail, to offer a view of what that tells us about the limits of hybridity in performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents consolidated studies that represents a range of research methodologies. One study described a research methodology for studying how people think. The goal is understanding how people think while doing complex tasks. Another study discussed the use of meta-analysis as a research methods to describe bodies of research data. The study promotes hypothesis formation, the development of science education laws and plays a role in updating research. A conclusion was drawn that science educators who design or modify science attitude scales should continue using item-total correlations and other quantitative techniques to test for emotional intensity.

The article presents consolidated studies related to in-service teacher education. One study was conducted that investigated the relationship of selected teacher characteristics, to test their attitude toward science and science teaching and to test their spatial ability. The study was also designed to investigate the relationship between the elementary science curriculum. Another researcher identified the evidence of the ideas about the nature of science to which elementary school pupils are exposed and the manner in which teachers provide the ideas. A study to review several studies of in-service education that relate directly to elementary school science projects was also conducted . The review of the studies indicated that because the financial burden is great, a future trend will be to ask the people who take in-service courses to share some of the expense.

The article presents consolidated studies related specific interest in education. It is subdivided into two different areas of concern, the energy education and females in science. The domain of energy education was reviewed to provide science educators with pertinent information about recent developments, issues and trends in energy education. A study by one researcher aims to measure student and teacher attitudes and behaviors toward energy conservation, measure the teacher's concern about energy education as an innovation and use student energy attitude scores as part of an intervention strategy designed to increase teacher search behavior for alternatives to existing curriculum materials. To provide some objective data regarding teacher response to pupil sex, an investigation was undertaken to determine whether or not secondary science teachers display sex bias in their subjective evaluations of the written work of pupils.

The article presents consolidated studies related to preservice teacher education in the U. S. The studies focuses on teachers' attitudes, on personality characteristics and on teachers' concern among other topics. One researcher designed a nine item questionnaire to obtain information from preservice elementary school teachers about science courses they had taken at the secondary school and college level, their conception of purposes of science at the elementary school level and their concerns about teaching children science. Results indicated that preservice teachers have a limited science background especially in the earth and physical sciences. Another researcher assessed the relationship of cognitive level, three cognitive styles and achievement in science to attitudes toward science and science teaching held by elementary school teachers. This study indicates that students have more positive attitudes toward science and science teaching after they have been exposed to an inquiry-oriented science methods course.

The article presents consolidated studies related to university physics. One reported research undertaken to clarify the nature of the relationship between visual-spatial abilities and achievement in science courses. The purpose was to determine what influence visual-spatial abilities have on the high attribution rate characteristic of many introductory college-level science courses. Another study reported the findings of an investigation of student understanding of the concept of force, the connection between force and motion and the work-energy and impulse-momentum relations. The operational criterion for understanding used in the investigation was the ability of a student to apply a concept to the analysis of a simple observed motion. Some studies shows evidence to suggest that some structure such as problem solving strategy or a modeling approach maybe effective in improving learning in physics.

The article presents consolidated studies related to university chemistry. One researcher studied the effect of the pre-laboratory preparation period on students taking introductory chemistry at Auburn University and described the nature of the pre-laboratory preparation period as an alternative teaching technique for the laboratory setting. Majority of researchers use performance on a final examination to test the effect of personalized system of instruction versus traditional teaching. Another study was conducted that aims to determine an optimum content hierarchy for one topic in a college chemistry course. The study involved the development and validation of the hierarchy leading to the terminal objective for the unit on equilibrium.

The article reviews several studies related to university biology. One researcher reports a study that attempts to determine the reading skills that community college faculty perceive as necessary for the success of students in certain English, history and biology courses. Another study was conducted on 150 first year Australian medical students from one university in order to explore the conceptual frameworks and reasoning patterns related to natural selection. While another researcher established a purpose of assessing the effectiveness of an instructional strategy in promoting biology achievement and formal operational thinking ability of pre-service elementary teachers enrolled in a college biology course.

The article reviews several research reports related to high school chemistry. One researcher attempted to asses the minimum Piagetian cognitive abilities required for understanding of selected chemistry concepts taught to twelfth grade male science students in Saudi Arabia. Another study investigated the effect of a remedial mathematics program on chemistry achievement, mathematics achievement and attitude toward science beginning high school chemistry students. Some study was conducted to determine whether an instructional unit which made use of specific concrete examples, analogies and the physical manipulation of stick and ball models increased achievement on a test of chemical bonding. A study was also conducted that investigates the effects of varying language in a multiple-choice question chemistry exam. The studies indicates the need for modification of instruction and instructional materials.

The article reviews the research studies related to high school physics. One researcher conducted approximately 150 student interviews to investigate the value students attached to the laboratory activities while studying physics using the learning cycle curriculum construction and various teaching procedures. Another study examined the effect of a tree diagram of coordinate definitions upon a defined concept learning task. A study by another researcher analyzed relations between the content and method of instruction and the content and method of testing to isolate factors affecting the transfer of knowledge from a textbook to students enrolled in two high school college preparatory physics classes and one career exploratory physics class. The studies indicates that different instructional procedures and different instructional materials usually result in different learning.

The article reviews the research reports related to high school biology. A group of researchers investigated the consequences of teacher-student cognitive style matches and mismatches on student achievement in tenth grade biology. Another researcher investigated the effects on achievement of concept-related instruction organization and locus of control. A study to compare the outcomes achieved by students taking biology courses based on either the West African Examination Council (WAEC) revised biology syllabus or the WAEC developed alternative syllabus and to look at some of the factors that may be associated with outcomes was conducted by another researcher.

The article reviews several studies related to junior high school sciences. One researcher investigated the effects of two instructional treatments upon the attitudes of eight-grade students towards animal life. Another study investigated the desirability of science teaching as a career as rated by eight grade students. Science achievement is related to aspects of teacher behaviors and strategies such as questioning approaches and wait time and to approaches that increase student engagement or time on task.

The article reviews several studies regarding elementary school science. Findings reported implies that support for an activity-centered, hands-on approach to teaching science for gains in science achievement, process skills, problem solving and more positive attitudes towards science. The evidence indicates that unanticipated learning outcomes may occur due to simple theories or misconceptions held by students, modifications of curriculum materials and carefully designed instructional procedures can lead to replacements of misconceptions. The use of conceptual structure was found to be effective in promoting concept attainment.

The article discusses the studies reported during the 1984 that were concerned with the development of aspects of scientific reasoning. The studies were organized into the following categories: correlates of scientific reasoning, training studies, effects of science instruction, effects of grouping, testing methods and problem-solving. From the studies reviewed, it can be seen that student, classroom and cultural/societal characteristics all have a bearing on the development of reasoning and inquiry process skills. Well defined objectives and instructional strategies contribute to the development of inquiry and problem solving skills, presentation of models and procedures were found to be effective in aiding student problem solving.

The article presents the status surveys of several researchers for the science education research. Characteristics of several exemplary programs were reported. One researcher conducted a study of a national science education exemplary program. Another researcher administered questionnaires to compare characteristics of teachers of exemplary programs with those of teachers in general. The purpose of a research study conducted by one researcher was to investigate science teachers' perceptions of the relevancy and implementation of science curriculum policy. Several states have developed programs that are aimed at solving the shortages of qualified science and mathematics teachers. Studies related to achievement indicate pupils have made some gains at the elementary school level. Data reported regarding teacher quality and supply are in agreement with most previous research.

The article focuses on the studies in the area of informal science education. Four of the five studies dealt with museums and one with zoos. The cognitive and affective outcomes of a class visit to a participatory science museum were examined by researchers. The study did not demonstrate conclusively a cognitive advantage of having the exhibit experience prior to the lesson. Another group of researchers investigated factors involved in attention and curiosity in museums. The findings were consistent with curiosity research, indicating that both children and adults are attracted to novel as well as complex stimuli which can be manipulated in both formal and free-choice environments. To test the concept that education is one important role of zoos, one researcher reported on the works of teams of graduate students who conducted six different research projects using non-reactive methods to investigate selected behaviors of recreational visitors at the Los Angeles Zoo.

The article reviews several studies related to university level geology. One study compared the effectiveness of teaching earth science in the traditional manner to that of a field-oriented approach. Another study sought to identify which selected instructor and institutional characteristics significantly affected the utilization of instructional media and techniques in college physical geology courses. Researchers reported a study that compares anxiety levels of students in introductory earth science and geology.

The article presents the three research reports related to high school earth sciences. One researcher compared the degree of concrete and abstract geologic conceptual development on ninth grade male and female students in order to find if a difference existed in concept formation favoring the use of a single process-oriented field trip or normal classroom activity. Second researcher sought to develop and validate a general model of cognitive complexity that can be used to match the scientific structure of the subject matter to the learner's cognitive abilities. Daily attitude and achievement data were examined for groups of students formed on the basis of cognitive tendency, sex and intelligence quotient was reported by another researcher using a multiple-group single-intervention intensive time-series-design.

The article reviews the four research reports related to high school physical science. One researcher investigated the effects of augmenting the learning of physical science rules by imaging prototypic examples of subordinate concepts. Another researcher constructed a pictorial physics test that measures the degree to which ninth-grade students understand basic physics. A comparison of the effects of alternative ways of using microcomputer laboratory simulations on the achievement and attitudes of high school physical science students was also reported. The works reported focuses on improving achievement and provides suggestions for future research.

The article reviews seven research reports related to high school general sciences. One researcher tested the relationship between student's cerebral lateralization for the Arabic language and their achievement in science. A secondary purpose was to investigate handedness as a factor in that relationship. Another researcher attempted to identify and describe the nature of verbal behavior in 24 randomly selected teachers. A study by another researcher was designed to determine the relationship among teacher classroom management behavior, student engagement and student achievement of middle and high school science students.

The article presents an introduction for the summary of the 1984 research in science education.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic forced numerous touch-based fields, including manual therapy, body psychotherapy, arts therapy, creative arts practices, and the fitness industry, to swiftly transition to web-based service delivery. These disciplines faced substantial challenges in adapting their traditionally in-person practices, which rely heavily on physical touch and close proximity, to a web format., Objective: This review intends to provide a systematically sourced overview of the literature concerning innovative approaches for adapting touch-based practices to the web format in response to the COVID-19 pandemic., Methods: A systematic search across 7 databases and gray literature sources identified studies presenting innovative web delivery methods, particularly those addressing the challenges arising from the absence of physical proximity and touch. The inclusion criteria were designed to encompass studies exploring the creative adaptation of touch-based practices to web formats in response to the COVID-19 pandemic irrespective of study methodology. The exclusion criteria applied to studies focusing solely on technical aspects of web delivery or nontouch or noninteractive practices. There were no geographical restrictions, but the selection was limited to publications from 2020 onward. As only qualitative studies were found, data synthesis was conducted thematically., Results: The review encompassed 17 studies revealing that touch-based fields successfully devised innovative and creative methods for web service delivery. These methods were categorized into five main themes: (1) adapted working methods (cross-field methods), (2) adapted working methods for sensorial experiences and nonphysical connections, (3) creative methods using materials or additional tools, (4) creative use of web-based platform tools or additional technologies, and (5) creative methods requiring previous preparation of practitioners or participants. These creative approaches allowed practitioners to address the challenges of web touch-based practices, fostering connections and offering unique sensory experiences, albeit with some concerns related to technology and preparation., Conclusions: These innovative methods demonstrate promise in circumventing the limitations imposed by the lack of physical touch and proximity in web settings during the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, these insights hold potential for application in other fields in the future. This systematic search and thematic synthesis provide valuable guidance for practitioners and educators seeking to navigate the evolving landscape of web service delivery in touch-based disciplines, ensuring continuity of care even in challenging circumstances., Trial Registration: PROSPERO CRD42022379731; https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=379731., (©Greta Gauhe, Rosemary E Kostic Cisneros, Jade Ward, David J Hohenschurz-Schmidt. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (https://www.jmir.org), 26.10.2023.)