Methodology of Teaching Dance / SPRING 2021

  FLYER     Activity Create a flyer to advertise your dance class. Include the following: Title of the Class Name of the school/studio/program Your name Credentials Age group you are teaching Day and Time it takes place Contact: Address/ Telephone / Email Benefits: Why should anybody take your class ------------------------------ How to Effectively Design and Distribute Event Flyers 7 Effective Ways to Promote Your Classes

  Classroom Rules and Redirecting Behavior     Question1   What framework does the National Center for Quality Teaching and Learning use? Explain.      Question 2 What is the importance of creating and using classroom rules?   Question 3   How do you create the rules and what do yo do with them?  Question 4 Why is it important to plan ahead?       Question 5 What does redirecting behavior consist of? Question 6 Which are the different ways in which behavior can be redirected?   ------------------- Activity Redirecting Behavior Through Dance, Movement and Song   Describe the rules of behavior that you see applied in each video.   -------------------------------------------- FLYERS --------------------------------------------------------------------

  Teaching Philosophy: Your teaching philosophy is a self-reflective statement of your beliefs about teaching and learning. ... It develops these ideas with specific, concrete examples of what the teacher and learners will do to achieve those goals. Importantly, your teaching philosophy statement also explains why you choose these options.   Mission Statement: A mission statement is a short statement of why an organization exists, what its overall goal is, identifying the goal of its operations: what kind of product or service it provides, its primary customers or market, and its geographical region of operation.   Vision Statement: A vision statement is an inspirational statement of an idealistic emotional future of a company or group. Vision describes the basic human emotion that a founder intends to be experienced by the people the organization interacts with, it grounds the group so it can actualize some existential impact on th...

https://elearninginfographics.com/6-education-theorists-teachers-know-infographic/ It is important that students have a theoretic foundation when creating their own teaching methodology. In class were covered the major theoretic paradigms used in education now-a days.  Hierarchy of Needs - Maslow Multiple Intelligences - Gardner Theory of Cognitive Development - Piaget Zone of Proximal Development _ Vygotsky Progressive Education (Learning By Doing) - Dewey Montessori Theory of Teaching (Child chooses what to learn) - Montessori Theory of Psychological Development - Erickson " I think it is important to understand that there is not one correct, or "right" theory of learning. All of them are good." Patricia Victor Question 1 Given the nature of the theories listed above; how would you make the work in a dance/movement learning environment? ----------------------------------------- MDCPS Visual and Performing Arts Curriculum MDCPS - Competency Based Curriculum Questio...

  FOR STUDENTS ONLINE AND IN-PERSON We will review the post on a mini-history of dance and create a first lesson plan in groups and using your intuition and creativity. LINK   A Mini History of Dance Education     John Dewey: America's philosopher of democracy and his importance to education   John Dewey on Music Education   In Dewey’s model, art isn’t a thing, it’s an experience (though a thing might be the catalyst for the experience.) The work of art isn’t so much the painting or string quartet as it is the experience of the painting or string quartet. That experience depends completely on the social context both of the work’s creation and of its audience. We shouldn’t ask, “what is art?” but rather “when is art?” Dewey saw art not as something existing separately from everyday life, but as existing on a continuum with mundane pleasures. The Stanford Encyclopedia: Dewey then argues that we must begin with the aesthetic “in the ra...

  John Dewey: America's philosopher of democracy and his importance to education   John Dewey on Music Education   In Dewey’s model, art isn’t a thing, it’s an experience (though a thing might be the catalyst for the experience.) The work of art isn’t so much the painting or string quartet as it is the experience of the painting or string quartet. That experience depends completely on the social context both of the work’s creation and of its audience. We shouldn’t ask, “what is art?” but rather “when is art?” Dewey saw art not as something existing separately from everyday life, but as existing on a continuum with mundane pleasures. The Stanford Encyclopedia: Dewey then argues that we must begin with the aesthetic “in the raw” in order to understand the aesthetic “refined.” To do this we must turn to the events and scenes that interest the man-in-the-street such as the sounds and sights of rushing fire-engines, the grace of a baseball player, and the satisf...

            ACTIVITY Groups will organize and teach the lessons they planned last class. They will receive feedback for their peers and post their feedback on Discussion Board.

  CREATIVE DANCE - Children's creative dance classes, San Diego NC, California, by Amanda Banks This video provides creative dance and movement ideas for parents and teachers to help children develop their imaginative, creative, and collaborative capacities. Activities include warm ups, movement games, dance phrases and sequences, improvisation, and choreography. These type of activities are suitable for 6-11 year old boys and girls, with or without any previous dance experience.   After watching this video about that the way a teacher in San Diego teaches a creative dance class, answer the following questions:   Question 1   What resonated with you about this class and the teacher? Explain why?   Question 2   Name the different parts of the class. What is the importance of each part? Explain in your own words.   Activity   Students create groups and organize themselves to create a dance class using the creative approach.   Import...

  ACTIVITY Go back to your groups and review your ideas about  your ideal dance studio. Watch the video below and now compare and contrast your ideas with the tips shared by the studio owner. --------------------------   ACTIVITY CREATE GROUPS OF 3.  Each member of the group will address one of the issues covered in the article below. Once each member of the group reads his/her part, they will discuss the differences between the terms   Mentoring vs. Coaching vs. Teaching   (When you care; how to counteract students’ cynicism, non-productive habits ). LINK: The difference between teaching, coaching, and mentoring in people development. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/difference-between-teaching-coaching-mentoring-people-napolitano QUESTION 1 What is the main difference between teaching, coaching and mentoring? Why is important to  know the difference between these terms? --------------------------------------- CONTENT READING Creative ...

      The Report Tyler, Christopher W.   Final Workshop Report: Art Creativity and Learning. National Science foundation, 2008.                                                                            https://www.nsf.gov/sbe/slc/ACL_Report_Final.pd QUESTION 1 In which way do the arts are useful in the learning process?  ----------------------------------------- Teaching Philosophy   VOCABULARY   Teaching Philosophy The teaching philosophy is a written statement of the educator's general personal views on teaching.   Teaching Philosophy Statement The philosophy statement often atte...