Table 8.

Core issues in indigenous cultural dance education research.

Research theme	Conceptual meaning
Cultural heritage and identity	Some studies focus on cultural identity and heritage, such as evaluating respondents’ perceptions of Chinese dance (B1), reconstructing localized contexts of Indigenous culture (B2), reconstructing traditional dance teaching (B4), introducing educational regulations for Greek dance (B5), achieving ethnic cultural goals (B6), assessing Russian university students’ attention to Chinese dance (B7), and developing students’ cultural identity (B14)
Educational reform and inclusivity	Several topics address reform and inclusivity strategies within the educational system, such as the professional development of physical education teachers in traditional dance teaching (B8), the impact of community art projects on disadvantaged children (B9), and a case study of professional development programs for dance education in New Zealand elementary schools (B12)
Professional development and identity	Some studies focus on the identity and professional development of professional dancers, such as identity crises among South African dance practitioners (B3), professional development experiences of physical education teachers (B8), the impact of dance competitions on students’ identity formation (B10), and the development of students’ professional identity through DMT (B14)
Social value and impact	Some topics address the social value reflected in dance education, such as how free dance performance reflects the relationship between tradition and innovation (B11) and dance students’ self-perception of the health benefits of West African dance (B13)

* References corresponding to B1–B14 can be found in Appendix E.