Online technologies in dance education (China and worldwide experience)

ABSTRACT

The article analyses the current prospects for the use of Internet technologies in the area of study ‘Choreography and Dance’ in the field of higher education and professional e-Learning. The work aims to determine how students studying ‘Choreography and Dance’ perceive the impact of online education on the formation of subject-specific competencies and to identify those competencies that the ideal online training program instills. The study shows that the format of online dance training is a promising direction, but the quality control system of such training needs to be improved. The main result of the study is the development of a competence system of Master of Arts (Dance education). The system substantiates the necessity and expediency of implementing a competence-based approach in developing educational programs for students in the area ‘Choreography and Dance’. The system defines groups of professional competences, qualities, knowledge, and skills that make up the profile of teachers working in the field of choreography and dance. The developments of the study are universal in nature and can be applied in both national (regional) and global educational management practices.

KEYWORDS:

• Dance education
• online technologies
• higher education online study programs
• digital literacy skills

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Yuhui You

You Yuhui is a lecturer, teacher in the College of music at Zhejiang normal university, Jinhua, 688 Yingbin Avenue, Zhejiang Province, 321004 China. Research interest include music education and dance education.