INVESTIGATING NEEDS AND PROBLEMS OF DANCE EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT IN HIGH SCHOOL: A CASE STUDY OF TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL JIANGTAILU IN BEIJING

Abstract

The purposes of this study were as follows: 1) To investigate the problems and needs of dance educational management in Tsinghua University High School·JIANGTAILU. 2) To propose guidelines for improving the quality of dance educational management in Tsinghua University High School·JIANGTAILU. In this study, 302 students, 78 teachers, and 40 school administrators in Tsinghua University High School JIANGTAILU were selected through stratified random sampling techniques. The research instruments used in this study included the following: 1) questionnaires with 5-point rating scales for the three sample groups; 2) focus group discussions were conducted to propose guidelines for improving the quality of dance educational management. The collected data were analyzed and presented in the form of frequency counts, percentages, average values, and standard deviations. The results of this study showed that needs of teachers and school administrators rated dance education as "the highest level" when it came to using modern technology for teaching. Students' needs for improving dance learning skills and artistic levels were also rated as "the highest level." The guideline for dance education management in Tsinghua University High School JIANGTAILU was constructed, encompassing the following: 1) Maintaining the basic principles of dance education management in senior high schools; 2) Perfecting the dance education management system; 3) Clarifying the objectives of education, teaching, and management. Through the data analysis team, the guiding document for dance education management in Tsinghua University High School JIANGTAILU was constructed, providing a reference for subsequent researchers. The main research results of this paper were as follows: 1) Dance teachers used modern educational technology and comprehensive teaching methods to conduct dance instruction; 2) Teachers had passed strict selection procedures to ensure that every dance teacher possessed professional knowledge and teaching ability.