Using an autoethnographic methodology in tandem with a social constructivist lens, the purpose of this study is to critically inquire into the implicit lessons learned by competitive Latin dancers from their participation in the hidden curriculum of DanceSport culture. Additionally, this research looks to outline the intrapersonal and interpersonal development experienced by DanceSport dancers. Doing so, I focus on the voice of the dancers in the exploration of International DanceSport studios and competition floors as sites of informal and non-formal education, particularly in relation to the hidden curriculum of DanceSport. My role as an autoethnographic researcher and participant in this study was to collect data through multimodal expression, as well as ongoing dialogue with participants. As researcher and participant, I completed the same hands-on task and interview questions as participants, and journaled to explore thoughts concerning my DanceSport experience. Information obtained from interview transcripts and journal entries has been organized, coded, and analyzed creating themes. A description and interpretation of the findings uncovers the unifying theme(s) of six narratives. Narrative inquiry reveals that the hidden curriculum of DanceSport is the awakening and development of dormant confidence as dancers acquire implicit lessons pertaining to the development of intra and interpersonal knowledge. A discussion exploring the unique ways this dissertation contributes to the DanceSport community and body of literature concludes this study. This is alongside an assessment as to the culture’s ability to meet current goals of formal education, and the potential Latin DanceSport has to be used as an educational tool in the development of student well-being.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:36:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 AneteOCSC_DISSERT.pdf: 3321423 bytes, checksum: 17ac372ea0d76a6d199274b456707039 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-10-16 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / To investigate in practice of the Wheelchair Dancesport (WDS), the mathematics of the characteristic isometric movements of the dance of ChaChaCha was the generating subject of this study. The subjects and the locus of the research were the athletes dancers of the Associa??o Baiana de Dan?a em Cadeira de Rodas (ABDCR). Referred him study aimed at to describe reflections concerning the athletes' practicing dancers of the technical acting Wheelchair Dancesport, using the inherent mathematical knowledge to the isometric movements executed in the ChaChaCha. For that, I stimulated in the athlete dancer the need to be investigating of his/her own practice, motivating him/it to be searching of information that they collaborate with his/her technical refinement, proposing like this roads to make possible his/her growth, while dancer and, also, promoting of their own movements. To reach my objectives I dialogued with some specialists to understand, to the light of their theories as, Espa?onumer?tica, Sociology of the mathematics, Etnomathematical, Dance and Symmetry, as those spaces they interact with the atmosphere of the Wheelchair Dancesport and that contributions could supply to the study. However, two authors of the Dancesport for walking , Ried e Laird, they brought contributions that aided in the creation of a prototype for the study of isometric movements in practice of the modality promoting the interface between the theory and the practice. The study showed to be possible to navigate still with the Mathematical Education in an universe little known as the one of the Wheelchair Dancesport. And it is in this adapts that propose a more attentive glance to the illustrations executed by the athlete dancer wheelchair and walking , in the dance of the ChaChaCha, verifying and proposing an analysis with focus investigate, looking for mathematical tracks concerning the symmetry that you/they characterize some of their illustrations / Investigar na pr?tica da Dan?a Esportiva em Cadeira de Rodas (DECR), a matem?tica dos movimentos isom?tricos caracter?sticos da dan?a do ChaChaCha foi a quest?o geradora deste estudo. Os sujeitos e o l?cus da pesquisa foram os atletas dan?arinos da Associa??o Baiana de Dan?a em Cadeira de Rodas (ABDCR). O referido estudo objetivou descrever reflex?es acerca do desempenho t?cnico dos atletas dan?arinos praticantes da DECR, utilizando o conhecimento matem?tico inerente aos movimentos isom?tricos executados no ChaChaCha. Para isso, estimulei no atleta dan?arino a necessidade de ser investigador da sua pr?pria pr?tica, motivando-o a ser pesquisador de informa??es que colaborem com seu aprimoramento t?cnico, propondo assim caminhos que possibilitem seu crescimento como dan?arino, e tamb?m fomentador dos seus pr?prios movimentos. Para alcan?ar meus objetivos, dialoguei com alguns estudiosos para compreender, ? luz de suas teorias, como Espa?onumer?tica, Sociologia da matem?tica, Etnomatem?tica, Dan?a e Isometrias, como esses espa?os interagem com o ambiente da Dan?a Esportiva em Cadeira de Rodas e que contribui??es poderiam fornecer ao estudo. Entretanto, dois autores da Dan?a Esportiva para andantes, Ried e Laird, trouxeram aportes que auxiliaram na cria??o de um prot?tipo para o estudo de movimentos isom?tricos na pr?tica da modalidade, promovendo a interface entre a teoria e a pr?tica. O estudo mostrou ser poss?vel navegar com a Educa??o Matem?tica num universo ainda pouco conhecido como o da DECR. E ? nesse ambiente que proponho um olhar mais atento ?s figuras executadas pelo atleta dan?arino, cadeirante e andante, na dan?a do ChaChaCha, verificando e propondo uma an?lise com foco investigativo, buscando vest?gios matem?ticos acerca das isometrias que caracterizam algumas de suas figuras