“…Prepare preservice educators for interpretive uses of knowledge germane to education Establish lifelong learning through critical reflection on education within its historical, philosophical, cultural, and social contexts (112) Teaching competency Ability to assess experiential backgrounds and orientations of individuals and groups of students and to plan educational programs to meet assessed needs Ability to accept, amend, or reject methods and materials based on personal assessment of specific teaching situations Ability to relate dance to other art forms and fields of study and to engage in discussions concerning the value and place of dance within individual communities (103) Honor individual student abilities and interests (8 From a critical feminist perspective, we attempt to model examples of connected teaching, shared authority, informed "failure," the value of uncertainty, and committed selfreflection that can be translated into action (Risner 2008).…”