A Nonverbal Language for Imagining and Learning: Dance Education in K–12 Curriculum

Educational Researcher

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 491-506

  Hanna, Judith Lynne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

cognition, emotion and body; dance; language; nonverbal communication; teaching and learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996211699     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X08326032     Document Type: Article

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