Review & Quiz
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 the world.
Student Centered Learning:
Student-centered learning, also known as learner-centered
education, broadly encompasses methods of teaching that shift the focus of
instruction from the teacher to the student.
Kinesthetic Leearning:
Kinesthetic learning, kinaesthetic learning, or tactile
learning is a learning style in which learning takes place by the students
carrying out physical activities, rather than listening to a lecture or
watching demonstrations.
Learning Theory:
Learning theory describes how students receive, process, and
retain knowledge during learning. Cognitive, emotional, and environmental
influences, as well as prior experience, all play a part in how understanding,
or a world view, is acquired or changed and knowledge and skills retained.
Quiz 1
1. Compare your ideal studio with the standards provided by
the National Dance Education Organization (NDEO) as stated in the Opportunity
to Learn Standards for Dance. (Go to the link below; scroll down to page
20/Facilities).
2. Explain why your teaching philosophy is so important for
your practice as a dance teacher?
3. Please, briefly articulate in writing your Teaching
Philosophy Statement.
4. What is the main difference between a mission statement
and a vision statement?
5. Why is the student-centered approach to teaching such an
important pedagogic concept?
6. How would you define kinesthetic learning?
7. The Final Workshop Report: Art, Creativity and Learning
(2008), sponsored by the National
Science Foundation, highlights the importance of Dance for the Science
of Learning. Please, go to page 4 and summarize in your own words how dance
influences the brain of a child.
8. Which learning theory do you think best applies to your
teaching style? Explain.
9. Why is the brain dance a useful warm-up for dance
students of all ages and abilities?
10. Explain the kinesthetic loop in your own words.
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 the world.
Student Centered Learning:
Student-centered learning, also known as learner-centered education, broadly encompasses methods of teaching that shift the focus of instruction from the teacher to the student.
Kinesthetic Leearning:
Kinesthetic learning, kinaesthetic learning, or tactile learning is a learning style in which learning takes place by the students carrying out physical activities, rather than listening to a lecture or watching demonstrations.
Learning Theory:
Learning theory describes how students receive, process, and retain knowledge during learning. Cognitive, emotional, and environmental influences, as well as prior experience, all play a part in how understanding, or a world view, is acquired or changed and knowledge and skills retained.
Quiz 1
1. Compare your ideal studio with the standards provided by the National Dance Education Organization (NDEO) as stated in the Opportunity to Learn Standards for Dance. (Go to the link below; scroll down to page 20/Facilities).
2. Explain why your teaching philosophy is so important for your practice as a dance teacher?
3. Please, briefly articulate in writing your Teaching Philosophy Statement.
4. What is the main difference between a mission statement and a vision statement?
5. Why is the student-centered approach to teaching such an important pedagogic concept?
6. How would you define kinesthetic learning?
7. The Final Workshop Report: Art, Creativity and Learning (2008), sponsored by the National Science Foundation, highlights the importance of Dance for the Science of Learning. Please, go to page 4 and summarize in your own words how dance influences the brain of a child.
8. Which learning theory do you think best applies to your teaching style? Explain.
9. Why is the brain dance a useful warm-up for dance students of all ages and abilities?
10. Explain the kinesthetic loop in your own words.
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