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NDEO has created this webpage to house current dance and dance education Research Projects that are actively seeking participants and respondents for surveys (quantitative research) and questionnaires (qualitative research), and more.

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List of Active Research Studies Seeking Participants

Name of Study	Description	Deadline to Participate	School	Contact
(1) How Performing Arts Educators Describe How They Syntegrate the Core Curriculum with Performing Arts	Syntegration comes from two words: synthesis and integration. For this study, it's connecting a core subject with a performing art. I am looking for performing arts educators who teach dance or music or drama and integrate the core curriculum with their performing arts genre with the goal of impacting academic engagement and learning outcomes in students attending Title One elementary schools. The participant must have a minimum of three years to a maximum of 20 years of performing arts experience teaching in Title One elementary schools in the Northeastern U.S. Have an undergraduate degree and the proper certification. Presently serving as a full-time teacher in dance or music or drama. Are connecting math, English Language Arts, science, social studies with dance or music or drama. Willing to answer four questions related to the performing arts subject they specifically teach.	10/31/24	Grand Canyon University	Kimberly Jones - KJones294@my.edu.gcu or cell: 914-330-5613 View Summary
(2) Dance Teachers Perceptions on Using Teaching Strategies Being Implemented with Virtual Tools at the High School Level in the United States	The purpose of this study is to explore high school dance teachers who have used teaching strategies and implemented virtual tools at the public high school level in the United States. For this study, I plan to conduct an interview with 12 to 14 public high school dance teachers willing to volunteer to share their perceptions of implementing teaching strategies with virtual tools within their classroom setting. The study will last 30–60 minutes using a Zoom interview or in person that will be audio recorded (no video recording). The participants will receive a $20 Visa gift card as a thank-you. To protect your privacy, the published study will not share any names or details identifying the participants. The volunteers must meet these requirements: Be 18 or older, have been a high school dance teacher in a public school in the United States, and have used teaching strategies with virtual tools.	10/25/24	Walden University	Rosana Gonzalez - rosana.gonzalez@waldenu.edu or cell: 787-601-9136 View Summary
3) Teaching Stories: A Portrait of Early Career Licensed K-12 Dance & Theatre Teachers	This study aims to highlight teaching experiences for early career dance and theatre teachers while naming variables that contribute to teacher attrition in an effort to stabilize and grow the field of dance and theatre education in K-12 settings. By examining the stories of licensed dance and theatre teachers who are in their first three years of teaching in public schools, I hope to understand how we can inform not only teacher training programs like my own, but school district administrators about the best way to retain these teachers. I am looking for credentialed dance and theatre teachers currently teaching in K-12 schools in their first three years of teaching. The primary event for this study will be individual 45-minute semi-structured interviews via Zoom along with follow-up correspondence as needed to gain a full and accurate portrait of their experiences and developing teaching identity.	12/31/24	University of Minnesota	Betsy Maloney Leaf - maloney@umn.edu or cell: 612-309-9359 View More Info