James Madison University

K-8 CREATIVE MOVEMENT ACADEMY is designed to enable teachers to integrate creative movement instruction into the everyday classroom. Using the latest brain-compatible research, participants enrolled in this academy will learn practical strategies for teaching English, mathematics, science and social studies content through movement with a focus on the VA Standards of Learning. Teachers will also learn the basics of brain-compatible research and learn how to apply that research to instruction. Finally, teachers will explore the use of movement as a method for releasing teacher stress.

This academy is limited to 35 participants

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Mary Beth Cancienne

Academy Chair

Mary Beth Cancienne is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Middle, Secondary, and Mathematics in the College of Education at James Madison University. For over 8 years she has taught creative movement in learning courses to K-8 in-service teachers. Her research interests and publications explore movement as a method for theorizing, researching, and teaching. She publishes journal articles in the area of arts-based research and she is the co-author of a book and CD ROM titled Dancing the Data (Peter Lang, 2002).

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JUNE 23-27, 2008