Fiona Smith
Principal Lecturer
contact:
Sport and Service Management
Gaudick Road
Eastbourne
BN20 7SR
Telephone: +44 (0)1273 643710
Email: Fiona.Smith@brighton.ac.uk
Research Interests
- Teaching Dance Composition
- Development and promotion of boys dance
- Male Role models in dance teaching
Biography
BEd (Hons) Dance & Physical Education ( Brighton Polytechnic), MA Dance Studies (Laban Centre). Course Leader BA (Hons) Physical Education with QTS Degree, year 4 tutor and coordinator of the undergraduate dance programme.
Fiona teaches in the areas of dance and gymnastics, both on the post graduate and undergraduate courses, as well as education studies.
She coordinates the extra curricular dance programme, including the staging of student performances. She is Artistic Director of the all male Kick-Start Dance Company. Fiona is an executive member of the National dance Teachers Association.
Research Publications
Smith, F. and Pocknell, L. (2010) Learning and teaching through dance activities In: Hayes, G.S. and Stidder, G., eds. The Really Useful Physical Education Book. The Really Useful Series . Routledge, London, pp. 172-218. ISBN 978-0-415-49827-2
"C'mon PE(TE) it's time to get changed for dance, with Keyworth, in Hayes, S. and Stidder, G. (eds.) Equity and Inclusion in Physical Education , London. Routledge, 2003, pp.107 - 132.
Teaching Appreciation at Key Stage 3', Dance Matters, 37b, Summer 2003, pp3-5
Creativity and Dance Composition', Dance Matters , 34, Summer 2002, pp.4-7
