It has been a long process but i am finally near the end ! I have decided to create an audio visual artefact for my inquiry as i feel this is the best way to get my thoughts across to my target audience within an educational environment.
I found the thought of creating a artefact at first a daunting process as i wasnt too sure where to start but the creativity of the task enabled me to fulfil my artistic approach
I hope to upload my artefact once complete !
Wednesday, 3 January 2018
Thursday, 5 October 2017
Importance of arts education
As i was driving to work yesterday morning i was listening to the news on radio 1 and the subject on arts education was been broadcast !
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/41418139/new-music-at-risk-through-music-education-neglect-in-england
it got me thinking about if music drama and dance isn't taught and inspiring children in schools the industry will be non existent in a few years time as new talent isn't coming through as its not been taught within schools if children are taught and enjoy the subject they will excell and continue on from it.
not every child will be lucky enough to go to dance,music or drama classes outside of school, so this i believe should be taught within the curriculum from reception. I know schools are on tight budgets but i believe that children will be inspired and excited by prospects of these subjects been taught on a weekly basis .
Not every child is going to be mastery in academic subjects such as English Maths and Science children need to be inspired in other subject as i believe this is important for children to gain an all round understanding of education .
children learn many key life skills in the arts
I hope some day there is change to national curriculum but i hope more about the arts in education are broadcast on national radio to raise the awareness of what is happening to the industry of the performing arts.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/41418139/new-music-at-risk-through-music-education-neglect-in-england
it got me thinking about if music drama and dance isn't taught and inspiring children in schools the industry will be non existent in a few years time as new talent isn't coming through as its not been taught within schools if children are taught and enjoy the subject they will excell and continue on from it.
not every child will be lucky enough to go to dance,music or drama classes outside of school, so this i believe should be taught within the curriculum from reception. I know schools are on tight budgets but i believe that children will be inspired and excited by prospects of these subjects been taught on a weekly basis .
Not every child is going to be mastery in academic subjects such as English Maths and Science children need to be inspired in other subject as i believe this is important for children to gain an all round understanding of education .
children learn many key life skills in the arts
I hope some day there is change to national curriculum but i hope more about the arts in education are broadcast on national radio to raise the awareness of what is happening to the industry of the performing arts.
Sunday, 1 October 2017
Module 3 !!
It seems like a long time since I last blogged but many events have happened since module 2.
Summer term was a very busy time of year I choreographed the school production across the Trust which was a great success and the children loved the experience!
After a well earned break and lots of research on pieces of literature and articles which I found very interesting and many related to my inquiry here are 2 which I think are very relevant to what's happening in the education sector with regards to the performing arts.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jul/08/harriet-harman-calls-for-arts-education-push
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/30/science-classes-future-children-dance-schools
Week 1
first week back starting module 3 I have read through the hand book and wrote notes on certain areas of importance and also sent my feedback from module 2 to Helen.
Also my
I have started to do some interviews with performing arts professionals with regards to the their views on the performing arts in education and do they think its an important aspect of the national curriculum....
Week 2 is going to be more focused on literature
Summer term was a very busy time of year I choreographed the school production across the Trust which was a great success and the children loved the experience!
After a well earned break and lots of research on pieces of literature and articles which I found very interesting and many related to my inquiry here are 2 which I think are very relevant to what's happening in the education sector with regards to the performing arts.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jul/08/harriet-harman-calls-for-arts-education-push
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/30/science-classes-future-children-dance-schools
Week 1
first week back starting module 3 I have read through the hand book and wrote notes on certain areas of importance and also sent my feedback from module 2 to Helen.
Also my
I have started to do some interviews with performing arts professionals with regards to the their views on the performing arts in education and do they think its an important aspect of the national curriculum....
Week 2 is going to be more focused on literature
Thursday, 9 March 2017
5b Ethics Within My Workplace
Safeguarding is most certainly an important aspect of the Education System. On a day to day basis i have to make sure i follow the polices regarding Safe Guarding. Next week i am going on further safeguarding training called PREVENT which is required for every member of staff within an education environment to attend.
After looking up online Safeguarding online i discovered the requirements that schools need to follow to ensure they are reaching the correct standard of requirements to care for the children to their full potential while they are within the education setting.
Ofsted
adopts the definition of safeguarding used in the Children Act 2004 and in the
Department for Education and Skills (now DfE) guidance document Working together to safeguard children,
which focuses on safeguarding and promoting children’s and learners’ welfare.[1] This can be summarised as:
n protecting children and learners from
maltreatment
n preventing impairment of children’s and
learners’ health or development
n ensuring that children and learners are
growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective
care
n undertaking that role so as to enable those
children and learners to have optimum life chances and to enter adulthood
successfully.
[1]Working
together to safeguard children, Department for Education and Skills, 2006; www.education.gov.uk/publications/standard/publicationDetail/Page1/WT2006.
When looking on the Gov website there are many links that appear with regarding safeguarding children. It puts into prospective how important safeguarding is, making sure that every child is cared for.
website from my workplace has the policies accessible at anytime for parents ,teacher, local authorities and Ofsted to view infomation regarding data protection, behaviour policies , child protection and also each subject policies ... When I began my position as a Dance Teacher at the school I was given an induction booklet which contained all the key policies that I should follow to fulfil my position.
Would love to hear about policies that you follow in your education setting.
5a Ethics Within The Workplace
With the school that i work in there are many ethical considerations that i have to follow on a day to day basis. I have decided to do a little spider diagram of the ethical considerations that i could think of within my workplace in education. I have also expanded on some aspects of ethical considerations these are linked but these are also important aspects that i must respect and be aware of in my profession of teaching children.
- Safeguarding
- Data Protection
- Staff/Placement CRB check
- No physical contact with children
- Appropriate Language
- Wear suitable clothing/Be clean and presentable
- Equal opportunity/No discrimination (for both teachers and pupils)
- Confidentiality
- Health and safety policies
- Policies
- Social Media Privacy Settings
Monday, 6 March 2017
My Thoughts Towards My Inquiry After Today
After teaching a class today of primary school children today it has made me think more deeply on my questions and after speaking to other professionals and teachers within the education sector.
It was very evident during today that children were no used to kinestetic learning as the children are used to sitting at a desk looking at the whiteboard and listening to the teacher (visual and audio ) this happens on a day to day basis during in English and Maths.
I really want to further my inquiry on looking at how can different learning styles and performing arts aspects could be incorporated into other academic subjects as soon as children enter education. After speaking to teachers there seems to be very limited on the amount of time to teach more vocational subjects for example the performing arts .
There are many benefits to performing arts in the education system when growing up but why are they not prioritised in the national curriculum? could this improve the grades of children and allow the children to have a greater attention span by incorporating more interactive(performing arts) aspects of the lessons ? As every child requires different needs but are schools currently meeting their learning needs to make sure they reach their full potential?
I am very passionate in raising standards of children's learning and i really do believe that performing arts aspects of teaching can help many children.
I have came to the conclusion after speaking to teachers in my workplace and also dance teachers that i would like my inquiry to be based around creativity and performing arts in education how can this be included and also benefit children through education?
Would love to hear your views on my thoughts on today
It was very evident during today that children were no used to kinestetic learning as the children are used to sitting at a desk looking at the whiteboard and listening to the teacher (visual and audio ) this happens on a day to day basis during in English and Maths.
I really want to further my inquiry on looking at how can different learning styles and performing arts aspects could be incorporated into other academic subjects as soon as children enter education. After speaking to teachers there seems to be very limited on the amount of time to teach more vocational subjects for example the performing arts .
There are many benefits to performing arts in the education system when growing up but why are they not prioritised in the national curriculum? could this improve the grades of children and allow the children to have a greater attention span by incorporating more interactive(performing arts) aspects of the lessons ? As every child requires different needs but are schools currently meeting their learning needs to make sure they reach their full potential?
I am very passionate in raising standards of children's learning and i really do believe that performing arts aspects of teaching can help many children.
I have came to the conclusion after speaking to teachers in my workplace and also dance teachers that i would like my inquiry to be based around creativity and performing arts in education how can this be included and also benefit children through education?
Would love to hear your views on my thoughts on today
Sunday, 5 March 2017
EVIDENCE REPORT ON IMPACT OF DANCE Literature 2
This evidence report is very interesting as it is evident that performing arts has benefits on children education outcomes.
Many class teachers i speak to are very uncertain how to teach the specialist subject such as the performing arts discipline so they do as little as they can in these subjects and decide to stick to the more educational subjects which they are more confident in .But if these subjects are not taught enough are these children missing out an aspect of their education and could they achieve more ?
This article is based around Middle School and High School children but i believe that this is beneficial for children younger aswell as there is evidence of learning outcomes for the children .
https://s3.amazonaws.com/ClubExpressClubFiles/893257/documents/Final_Evidence_Report.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIB6I23VLJX7E4J7Q&Expires=1488752908&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DFinal_Evidence_Report.pdf&Signature=wgJWk7YoQLyPZZtMD5bi4YVCKWc%3D
I have printed this document out and annotated parts that i believe are important aspects for my study
I would love to hear your opinions of the evidence !
Many class teachers i speak to are very uncertain how to teach the specialist subject such as the performing arts discipline so they do as little as they can in these subjects and decide to stick to the more educational subjects which they are more confident in .But if these subjects are not taught enough are these children missing out an aspect of their education and could they achieve more ?
This article is based around Middle School and High School children but i believe that this is beneficial for children younger aswell as there is evidence of learning outcomes for the children .
https://s3.amazonaws.com/ClubExpressClubFiles/893257/documents/Final_Evidence_Report.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIB6I23VLJX7E4J7Q&Expires=1488752908&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DFinal_Evidence_Report.pdf&Signature=wgJWk7YoQLyPZZtMD5bi4YVCKWc%3D
I have printed this document out and annotated parts that i believe are important aspects for my study
I would love to hear your opinions of the evidence !
Standards for Dance in Early Childhood Literature 1
After researching on the web with regards to performing arts education i came across this website which is very meaningful within the article http://www.ndeo.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=893257&module_id=55419
Dance and performing arts is certainly an important part of childhood certainly within school there is a constant aspect when talking to teachers that there isnt enough time to do creative activities with children as there is constant pressure of the national curriculum of making sure they gain grades to get children's standards of Maths and English up at the age of 4! how can this be changed ?
This article below i have printed out and annotated my thoughts and opinions to each section. During module 1 i focused very much on the aspects of To learn by “doing” (Dewey 1915) and at the young age of early childhood i believe this is the correct way that children learn the right from wrong by experimenting with different aspects of physical development.
I would love your hear your view on this article!
Standards for Dance in Early Childhood
Philosophy Underlying Early Childhood Standards
Dance embodies one of our most primal relationships to the universe. It is pre-verbal, beginning before words can be formed. It is innate in children before they possess command over language and is evoked when thoughts or emotions are too powerful for words to contain.
Children move naturally. They move to achieve mobility, they move to express a thought or feeling, and they move because it is joyful and feels wonderful. When their movement becomes consciously structured and is performed with awareness for its own sake, it becomes dance.
Dance is a natural method for learning and a basic form of cultural expression. Children learn movement patterns as readily as they learn language. Just as all societies create forms of visual representation or organize sounds into music, all cultures organize movement and rhythm into one or more forms of dance. Yet, while our educational systems for early childhood include drawing and singing, they often neglect to include dance. It is essential that education provide our children with the developmental benefits and unique learning opportunities that come from organizing movement into the aesthetic experience of dance.
The Benefits of Dance
Dance is a powerful ally for developing many of the attributes of a growing child. Dance helps children mature physically, emotionally, socially, and cognitively. The physical benefits of dance are widely accepted, but the emotional, social and cognitive attributes have only recently begun to be appreciated.
Physical Development: Dance involves a greater range of motion, coordination,
strength and endurance than most other physical activities. This is
accomplished through movement patterns that teach coordination and
kinesthetic memory. Dancing utilizes the entire body and is an excellent form of
exercise for total body fitness. Young children are naturally active, but dance
offers an avenue to expand movement possibilities and skills.
Emotional Maturity: Dance promotes psychological health and maturity. Children
enjoy the opportunity to express their emotions and become aware of
themselves and others through creative movement. A pre-school child enters a
dance class or classroom with a history of emotional experiences. Movement
within a class offers a structured outlet for physical release while gaining
awareness and appreciation of oneself and others.
Social Awareness: Dance fosters social encounter, interaction, and cooperation.
Children learn to communicate ideas to others through the real and immediate
mode of body movement. Children quickly learn to work within a group dynamic.
As the ongoing and sometimes challenging process of cooperation evolves,
children learn to understand themselves in relation to others.
Cognitive Development: Young children will create movement spontaneously
when presented with movement ideas or problems that can be solved with a
movement response. Movement provides the cognitive loop between the idea,
problem, or intent and the outcome or solution. This teaches an infant, child and,
ultimately, adult to function in and understand the world. The relationship of
movement to intellectual development and education is an embryonic field of
study that has only recently begun to be explored.
Educational Philosophy
Dance is basic to learning. Children learn most readily from experience. John Dewey understood this when he asserted, “Action is the test of comprehension” (Dewey, 1915). To learn by “doing” and to act on knowledge is the basis of kinesthetic learning. Kinesthetic learning is becoming more widely understood through the work of Jean Piaget (1896-1980), Howard Gardner (1944- ), and other cognitive theorists.
Dance, in particular, integrates kinesthetic learning with understanding. Preschool children do not conceptualize abstract processes (Piaget). They primarily learn through physical and sensory experiences. When children are provided with creative movement problems that involve the selection of movement choices, they learn to think in the concrete reality of movement. Thus, learning the art of dance helps young children develop knowledge, skill, and understanding about the world.
Dance helps children develop literacy. To the young child, verbal language and movement are entwined. Preverbal movement expression does not cease when a child develops language. The road to literacy involves the translation of movement expression and communication into words. Learning language and learning dance are not separate threads, but are woven together and incorporated into a fabric of communication and understanding.
Dance provides young children multiple perspectives. It is “a foundation of experience necessary for the future development of more advanced skills and a way to affirm an inner life and alternate realities” (Stinson, 1990). Through dance, children develop enhanced sensory awareness, cognition, and consciousness. It is this heightened state that creates the magic of movement that is dance.
Importance of Standards
The Standards for Dance in Early Childhood are important because they
Provide a scaffold outlining the breadth and scope of learning and teaching dance as an art upon which to design curricula and course syllabi.
Standards are a guide, not a directive nor a curriculum. They offer constructive support, suggesting areas of curriculum but not defining it. Standards allow each district or school to develop an approach most suited to local or individual values.
Serve as a springboard for creativity for the learning and teaching of dance making: improvisation, choreography, and composition.
Standards suggest avenues of creative exploration in the arts-making
processes of Performing, Creating, Responding to, and
Interconnecting dance learning to knowledge of other disciplines and life skills.
Define age-appropriate expectations and levels of achievement in the art of dance.
Standards inform individual schools of dance and school districts what students should know and be able to do in the art of dance at certain benchmark levels when taught by a highly qualified dance teacher in a graduated curriculum.
http://www.ndeo.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=893257&module_id=55419
Dance and performing arts is certainly an important part of childhood certainly within school there is a constant aspect when talking to teachers that there isnt enough time to do creative activities with children as there is constant pressure of the national curriculum of making sure they gain grades to get children's standards of Maths and English up at the age of 4! how can this be changed ?
This article below i have printed out and annotated my thoughts and opinions to each section. During module 1 i focused very much on the aspects of To learn by “doing” (Dewey 1915) and at the young age of early childhood i believe this is the correct way that children learn the right from wrong by experimenting with different aspects of physical development.
I would love your hear your view on this article!
Standards for Dance in Early Childhood
Philosophy Underlying Early Childhood Standards
Dance embodies one of our most primal relationships to the universe. It is pre-verbal, beginning before words can be formed. It is innate in children before they possess command over language and is evoked when thoughts or emotions are too powerful for words to contain.
Children move naturally. They move to achieve mobility, they move to express a thought or feeling, and they move because it is joyful and feels wonderful. When their movement becomes consciously structured and is performed with awareness for its own sake, it becomes dance.
Dance is a natural method for learning and a basic form of cultural expression. Children learn movement patterns as readily as they learn language. Just as all societies create forms of visual representation or organize sounds into music, all cultures organize movement and rhythm into one or more forms of dance. Yet, while our educational systems for early childhood include drawing and singing, they often neglect to include dance. It is essential that education provide our children with the developmental benefits and unique learning opportunities that come from organizing movement into the aesthetic experience of dance.
The Benefits of Dance
Dance is a powerful ally for developing many of the attributes of a growing child. Dance helps children mature physically, emotionally, socially, and cognitively. The physical benefits of dance are widely accepted, but the emotional, social and cognitive attributes have only recently begun to be appreciated.
Physical Development: Dance involves a greater range of motion, coordination,
strength and endurance than most other physical activities. This is
accomplished through movement patterns that teach coordination and
kinesthetic memory. Dancing utilizes the entire body and is an excellent form of
exercise for total body fitness. Young children are naturally active, but dance
offers an avenue to expand movement possibilities and skills.
Emotional Maturity: Dance promotes psychological health and maturity. Children
enjoy the opportunity to express their emotions and become aware of
themselves and others through creative movement. A pre-school child enters a
dance class or classroom with a history of emotional experiences. Movement
within a class offers a structured outlet for physical release while gaining
awareness and appreciation of oneself and others.
Social Awareness: Dance fosters social encounter, interaction, and cooperation.
Children learn to communicate ideas to others through the real and immediate
mode of body movement. Children quickly learn to work within a group dynamic.
As the ongoing and sometimes challenging process of cooperation evolves,
children learn to understand themselves in relation to others.
Cognitive Development: Young children will create movement spontaneously
when presented with movement ideas or problems that can be solved with a
movement response. Movement provides the cognitive loop between the idea,
problem, or intent and the outcome or solution. This teaches an infant, child and,
ultimately, adult to function in and understand the world. The relationship of
movement to intellectual development and education is an embryonic field of
study that has only recently begun to be explored.
Educational Philosophy
Dance is basic to learning. Children learn most readily from experience. John Dewey understood this when he asserted, “Action is the test of comprehension” (Dewey, 1915). To learn by “doing” and to act on knowledge is the basis of kinesthetic learning. Kinesthetic learning is becoming more widely understood through the work of Jean Piaget (1896-1980), Howard Gardner (1944- ), and other cognitive theorists.
Dance, in particular, integrates kinesthetic learning with understanding. Preschool children do not conceptualize abstract processes (Piaget). They primarily learn through physical and sensory experiences. When children are provided with creative movement problems that involve the selection of movement choices, they learn to think in the concrete reality of movement. Thus, learning the art of dance helps young children develop knowledge, skill, and understanding about the world.
Dance helps children develop literacy. To the young child, verbal language and movement are entwined. Preverbal movement expression does not cease when a child develops language. The road to literacy involves the translation of movement expression and communication into words. Learning language and learning dance are not separate threads, but are woven together and incorporated into a fabric of communication and understanding.
Dance provides young children multiple perspectives. It is “a foundation of experience necessary for the future development of more advanced skills and a way to affirm an inner life and alternate realities” (Stinson, 1990). Through dance, children develop enhanced sensory awareness, cognition, and consciousness. It is this heightened state that creates the magic of movement that is dance.
Importance of Standards
The Standards for Dance in Early Childhood are important because they
Provide a scaffold outlining the breadth and scope of learning and teaching dance as an art upon which to design curricula and course syllabi.
Standards are a guide, not a directive nor a curriculum. They offer constructive support, suggesting areas of curriculum but not defining it. Standards allow each district or school to develop an approach most suited to local or individual values.
Serve as a springboard for creativity for the learning and teaching of dance making: improvisation, choreography, and composition.
Standards suggest avenues of creative exploration in the arts-making
processes of Performing, Creating, Responding to, and
Interconnecting dance learning to knowledge of other disciplines and life skills.
Define age-appropriate expectations and levels of achievement in the art of dance.
Standards inform individual schools of dance and school districts what students should know and be able to do in the art of dance at certain benchmark levels when taught by a highly qualified dance teacher in a graduated curriculum.
http://www.ndeo.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=893257&module_id=55419
What do you think ?
Behaviour is important aspect of school life these days and many behaviour management methods are incorporated in a day to day basis .After a conversation I had with a senior pastoral manager with regards to incorporating dance to help the behaviour at lunch times and also helping some children after lunch time making sure they go back to lessons in a relaxed state.
After some research online thinking of ways this can be done to benefit the children, this week were going to try playing music on the playground and myself going out creating dance routines to keep children focused and out of mischief during their lunch break, and after lunch time going to incorporate selected children to go into the sensory room for 15 minutes before going to lesson trying some slow and gentle movements and relax time. We are hoping that this will allow the children to become more focused during the afternoon of learning and be more productive instead of currently distracting other children in their learning.
the following link below i found very interesting as it shows the school in Baltimore changed the behaviour of the children around and this is where the idea has came from .
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/04/health/meditation-in-schools-baltimore/
what do you think of this idea ?
After some research online thinking of ways this can be done to benefit the children, this week were going to try playing music on the playground and myself going out creating dance routines to keep children focused and out of mischief during their lunch break, and after lunch time going to incorporate selected children to go into the sensory room for 15 minutes before going to lesson trying some slow and gentle movements and relax time. We are hoping that this will allow the children to become more focused during the afternoon of learning and be more productive instead of currently distracting other children in their learning.
the following link below i found very interesting as it shows the school in Baltimore changed the behaviour of the children around and this is where the idea has came from .
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/04/health/meditation-in-schools-baltimore/
what do you think of this idea ?
Wednesday, 22 February 2017
4b Special Interest Group
I have created a SIG regarding performing arts in education as this is the area of study i am looking at for my inquiry.
please feel free to join the group to enable to broaden ideas in the same sector.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/104349729225567242996
please feel free to join the group to enable to broaden ideas in the same sector.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/104349729225567242996
Task 4a: Developing Lines of Inquiry
I currently work in the education sector teaching dance in primary schools within an educational trust. The questions i have created are based around performing arts in primary school education. As this is the route that i would like to take in my inquiry as i believe that there are many avenues that i can develop and education is changing all the time.
·
Does a Professional Dancer necessarily mean you
are a good teacher?
·
Does Performing arts have an importance
within the education system?
·
What makes an excellent performing arts teacher
when teaching in primary schools?
· Does Performing Arts help SEN,
Lower Ability and Pupil Premium children achieve greater ? Should
performing arts replace humanities within the curriculum with the selected
children?
·
Does dance help with discipline of children?
· Should more government budget be put towards the performing arts within primary schools?
· Should the performing arts be incorporated in Maths
and English to make the subject more interesting for all children, and do you
believe this would increase grades from all aspects of children’s backgrounds?
· Children who are involved
with the performing arts from a young age are they more mature and confident when growing up?
· Dance and Musical Theatre are fun and
interesting way for children to exercise and stay fit and healthy could this be incorporated into pe lessons more ?
- How does my teaching style and lessons compare to other performing arts teacher who are more experienced in the profession ?
Please feel free to comment and voice you opinion on the above questions
Monday, 6 February 2017
Back to Blogging !
Christmas flew by, back to work!
A lot has changed since Christmas i have started a new job as a Dance Teacher within an Educational Trust working in 2 different schools educating children in the arts is great, also inspiring children in the arts is what i hope to achieve !
I felt very apprehensive when i started on the 2nd of January as i was entering a new environment and new colleagues, following different policies and starting building up alliance with staff and children .
I am thoroughly enjoying my new position working in 2 lovely schools, children achieving in the performing arts and lovely to see talented children come alive with opportunities that are available to them within the schools curriculum.
A lot has changed since Christmas i have started a new job as a Dance Teacher within an Educational Trust working in 2 different schools educating children in the arts is great, also inspiring children in the arts is what i hope to achieve !
I felt very apprehensive when i started on the 2nd of January as i was entering a new environment and new colleagues, following different policies and starting building up alliance with staff and children .
I am thoroughly enjoying my new position working in 2 lovely schools, children achieving in the performing arts and lovely to see talented children come alive with opportunities that are available to them within the schools curriculum.
Sunday, 1 January 2017
Task 3d Critical questions and issues that emerge
Do some very specific ideas emerge about your networking and sources?
Networking is a very important tool for my Professional Practice as it enables me to build and gain relationship with other industry professionals . By gaining an understanding during this unit i hope to use these theories and sources in the future to enable my professional network to grow.
Are your ideas, position or concerns shared by others within and/or beyond your professional area of work?
Since starting BAPP i feel that i have been able to comment on other blogs regarding to the subjects and realise that i am not the only one who has the same thoughts for example when Alice wrote a blog regarding Harvard Referencing. this has enabled me to widening my knowledge with regards to referencing. Each blog i read has something different and interesting for each others and it is sure broadening my knowledge.
Does sharing ideas and communicating with others shift your thinking, planning or practice?
Blogging sure has broadened my knowledge everyone has different view points and different main focuses in each blog. by reading and commenting on each others blogs sure helps me to think more deeply into the topic, sometimes it doubts what i have wrote but its how you use the theory or source in your professional practice is the main important thing as we all have different professional practices.
Does critical reflection help you decide what really matters and the actions to take?
I agree with this question totally by reflecting on my day has enabled me to think more deeply and reflect on how i can improve through the due course. if things haven't gone to plan i find that reflecting is the best way to discover what i can improve on for next time.
Are you left thinking differently prior to this part of the module? And if so, how?
Since completing module 1 it has sure made me think differently firstly through communication , thinking of the different ways to communicate with web 2.0 and also broadening my ways to advertise and show the work i am doing to a wider audience by completing this unit i wouldn't of used different ways to advertise my work .
In addition, reflective theories have also helped me in my professional practice by helping my teaching practices considering what works and what doesn't especially reflecting in Gibbs theory of reflection .
Finally Networking, this has enabled me to discover how to network better it has shown that i have a broad network in my professional practice and i have been able to understand how i can grow in the near future i believe this is an important factor to have a successful career.
Networking is a very important tool for my Professional Practice as it enables me to build and gain relationship with other industry professionals . By gaining an understanding during this unit i hope to use these theories and sources in the future to enable my professional network to grow.
Are your ideas, position or concerns shared by others within and/or beyond your professional area of work?
Since starting BAPP i feel that i have been able to comment on other blogs regarding to the subjects and realise that i am not the only one who has the same thoughts for example when Alice wrote a blog regarding Harvard Referencing. this has enabled me to widening my knowledge with regards to referencing. Each blog i read has something different and interesting for each others and it is sure broadening my knowledge.
Does sharing ideas and communicating with others shift your thinking, planning or practice?
Blogging sure has broadened my knowledge everyone has different view points and different main focuses in each blog. by reading and commenting on each others blogs sure helps me to think more deeply into the topic, sometimes it doubts what i have wrote but its how you use the theory or source in your professional practice is the main important thing as we all have different professional practices.
Does critical reflection help you decide what really matters and the actions to take?
I agree with this question totally by reflecting on my day has enabled me to think more deeply and reflect on how i can improve through the due course. if things haven't gone to plan i find that reflecting is the best way to discover what i can improve on for next time.
Are you left thinking differently prior to this part of the module? And if so, how?
Since completing module 1 it has sure made me think differently firstly through communication , thinking of the different ways to communicate with web 2.0 and also broadening my ways to advertise and show the work i am doing to a wider audience by completing this unit i wouldn't of used different ways to advertise my work .
In addition, reflective theories have also helped me in my professional practice by helping my teaching practices considering what works and what doesn't especially reflecting in Gibbs theory of reflection .
Finally Networking, this has enabled me to discover how to network better it has shown that i have a broad network in my professional practice and i have been able to understand how i can grow in the near future i believe this is an important factor to have a successful career.
3B Theories relating to networking
Task 3B in the BA Professional Practice helps you to develop an understanding about different concepts of professional network and how do these concept relate to my professional practice.
Co-operation
One of the most influential researchers behind the theory of Co Operation is Robert Axelrod. Axelrod highlights the importance of co operation with others. I really like the idea of what Axelrod has came up with behind the Prisoners Dilemma because without co operation with each other you dont get anywhere
Pensioner Dilemma is based on decision analysis, the prisoners usually decide to protect their selves at the expense from the other participant ! . This doesnt have a positive outcome As a result of following a purely logical thought process, both participants find themselves in a worse state than if they had cooperated with each other in the decision-making process.
A good example of the prisoners theory that appears in the news quite frequently is Brexit between the EU and Britain trying to gain access to the EU Single market ! A the situation is taking a long to process as co operation is key between the 2 sectors to make a final decision.
http://www.lawyersforbritain.org/eu-deal-single-market.shtml
Affiliation
Co-operation
One of the most influential researchers behind the theory of Co Operation is Robert Axelrod. Axelrod highlights the importance of co operation with others. I really like the idea of what Axelrod has came up with behind the Prisoners Dilemma because without co operation with each other you dont get anywhere
Pensioner Dilemma is based on decision analysis, the prisoners usually decide to protect their selves at the expense from the other participant ! . This doesnt have a positive outcome As a result of following a purely logical thought process, both participants find themselves in a worse state than if they had cooperated with each other in the decision-making process.
http://www.lawyersforbritain.org/eu-deal-single-market.shtml
Affiliation
Affiliation is a concept of social psychology that seeks to explain how humans enjoy and benefit from been with others and the reasons why humans ‘form close relationships with each other which begins from our brains. Everyone's level of interaction between each other can be different some people maybe more private and some people might be more open with certain subjects.
This relates to my networking in professional practice as i have to create interaction with children ,colleagues and clients that i work with on a day to day basis and without 'Affiliation' in my network is really important part of my career especially when teaching children in an education environment.
Social Constructionism
I think this is an important part of professional networking, social constructionism the key principles for professional networking is through social interaction, humans ‘construct’ meanings of the world we live in and their experiences.Social Constructionism is largely based around the emphases of larger social processes, in the performing arts world
'This thing could not have existed had we not built it'
Connectivism
“Connectivism is a theory about learning influenced by ideas about the organisation of learning and information with special reference to the spread of the Internet”
Middlesex University (2012) BAPP (Arts) Reader 3, Institute of Work Based Learning, London: Middlesex University
This theory gives you the idea of learning and networking at the same time , it also relate to my professional practice when teaching giving my knowledge transfer to the students in an efficient way of teaching .
Community of Practice
A community of practice (CoP) is a group of people who share a craft and/or a profession. originally developed by Lave and Wenger in 1991.
Domain : A community of practice is not merely a club of friends or a network of connections between people. It has an identity defined by a shared domain of interest. Membership therefore implies a commitment to the domain, and therefore a shared competence that distinguishes members from other people. (You could belong to the same network as someone and never know it.) The domain is not necessarily something recognised as “expertise” outside the community. A youth gang may have developed all sorts of ways of dealing with their domain: surviving on the street and maintaining some kind of identity they can live with. They value their collective competence and learn from each other, even though few people outside the group may value or even recognise their expertise.
Community: In pursuing their interest in their domain, members engage in joint activities and discussions, help each other, and share information. They build relationships that enable them to learn from each other; they care about their standing with each other. A website in itself is not a community of practice. Having the same job or the same title does not make for a community of practice unless members interact and learn together. The claims processors in a large insurance company or students in American high schools may have much in common, yet unless they interact and learn together, they do not form a community of practice. But members of a community of practice do not necessarily work together on a daily basis. The Impressionists, for instance, used to meet in cafes and studios to discuss the style of painting they were inventing together. These interactions were essential to making them a community of practice even though they often painted alone.
Practice: A community of practice is not merely a community of interest–people who like certain kinds of movies, for instance. Members of a community of practice are practitioners. They develop a shared repertoire of resources: experiences, stories, tools, ways of addressing recurring problems—in short a shared practice. This takes time and sustained interaction. A good conversation with a stranger on an airplane may give you all sorts of interesting insights, but it does not in itself make for a community of practice. The development of a shared practice may be more or less self-conscious. The “windshield wipers” engineers at an auto manufacturer make a concerted effort to collect and document the tricks and lessons they have learned into a knowledge base. By contrast, nurses who meet regularly for lunch in a hospital cafeteria may not realize that their lunch discussions are one of their main sources of knowledge about how to care for patients. Still, in the course of all these conversations, they have developed a set of stories and cases that have become a shared repertoire for their practice.
This relates to my networking in professional practice as i have to create interaction with children ,colleagues and clients that i work with on a day to day basis and without 'Affiliation' in my network is really important part of my career especially when teaching children in an education environment.
Social Constructionism
I think this is an important part of professional networking, social constructionism the key principles for professional networking is through social interaction, humans ‘construct’ meanings of the world we live in and their experiences.Social Constructionism is largely based around the emphases of larger social processes, in the performing arts world
'This thing could not have existed had we not built it'
Connectivism
“Connectivism is a theory about learning influenced by ideas about the organisation of learning and information with special reference to the spread of the Internet”
Middlesex University (2012) BAPP (Arts) Reader 3, Institute of Work Based Learning, London: Middlesex University
This theory gives you the idea of learning and networking at the same time , it also relate to my professional practice when teaching giving my knowledge transfer to the students in an efficient way of teaching .
Community of Practice
A community of practice (CoP) is a group of people who share a craft and/or a profession. originally developed by Lave and Wenger in 1991.
Community: In pursuing their interest in their domain, members engage in joint activities and discussions, help each other, and share information. They build relationships that enable them to learn from each other; they care about their standing with each other. A website in itself is not a community of practice. Having the same job or the same title does not make for a community of practice unless members interact and learn together. The claims processors in a large insurance company or students in American high schools may have much in common, yet unless they interact and learn together, they do not form a community of practice. But members of a community of practice do not necessarily work together on a daily basis. The Impressionists, for instance, used to meet in cafes and studios to discuss the style of painting they were inventing together. These interactions were essential to making them a community of practice even though they often painted alone.
Practice: A community of practice is not merely a community of interest–people who like certain kinds of movies, for instance. Members of a community of practice are practitioners. They develop a shared repertoire of resources: experiences, stories, tools, ways of addressing recurring problems—in short a shared practice. This takes time and sustained interaction. A good conversation with a stranger on an airplane may give you all sorts of interesting insights, but it does not in itself make for a community of practice. The development of a shared practice may be more or less self-conscious. The “windshield wipers” engineers at an auto manufacturer make a concerted effort to collect and document the tricks and lessons they have learned into a knowledge base. By contrast, nurses who meet regularly for lunch in a hospital cafeteria may not realize that their lunch discussions are one of their main sources of knowledge about how to care for patients. Still, in the course of all these conversations, they have developed a set of stories and cases that have become a shared repertoire for their practice.
Monday, 26 December 2016
Task 3c Sources of information
Throughout my Professional Practice i use different sources to gather knowledge and information from the following:-
1. Search Engine
1. Search Engine
Firstly every time i go online i always like to open up Google as i think its the easiest and quickest way to find the information you are looking for, as it refers you to the knowledge of the key word you have put into the google search bar.
As the key word brings up a wide range of websites it enables me to have a broadened knowledge of the subject.This refers to my professional practice as the other day i was creating a lesson plan behind Matilda the musical and i did some in depth research into this musical and i used google as the search engine to develop my knowledge.
2.Social Media
Social Media is a big part of my professional networking the little widgets always appear on websites for you to share the information to a larger audience on your own social networking sites to create a larger awareness.
The new job that i am starting in January have spoken in depth about using social media sharing the children's work on the school website ,video sharing websites and their Facebook page. this shows that schools are wanting the larger audience see what the children are achieving !
In addition to this using social media its a great way to find out about dance courses, jobs, and form larger networks with professionals in the performing arts/dance sector.
3. Performing Arts/ Dance professionals
By speaking to Performing arts and Dance Professionals that have had many years experience in the industry they are able to guide me in the correct direction in what i want to achieve in a certain area of the industry . By gaining good relationships with performing arts / dance professionals they can recommend you for work to clients and also give you contacts for work and qualifications. The information and knowledge they offer is certainly infomation to take on board for the future for your career.
4.Books Articles and Google Scholar
In my professional Practice i not only use the online way to find information regarding the subject but also I research through books and articles regarding the subject this is a frequent occurrence in my professional practice when i start my planning regarding lesson plans and selecting specific subjects suitability for the children.
5.Films and Documentaries
If I am studying a subject that i am not too sure about i like to look at films and documentaries regarding the specific subject as i believe that it enables me to write down some notes about the film / documentary and it gives me a base to the subject. for example I watched a film 'George Balanchine’s Jewels' to enable me to have a greater understanding of the specific characteristics of George Balanchine style for my professional practice it enabled me to broaden my subject knowledge.
The new job that i am starting in January have spoken in depth about using social media sharing the children's work on the school website ,video sharing websites and their Facebook page. this shows that schools are wanting the larger audience see what the children are achieving !
In addition to this using social media its a great way to find out about dance courses, jobs, and form larger networks with professionals in the performing arts/dance sector.
3. Performing Arts/ Dance professionals
By speaking to Performing arts and Dance Professionals that have had many years experience in the industry they are able to guide me in the correct direction in what i want to achieve in a certain area of the industry . By gaining good relationships with performing arts / dance professionals they can recommend you for work to clients and also give you contacts for work and qualifications. The information and knowledge they offer is certainly infomation to take on board for the future for your career.
4.Books Articles and Google Scholar
In my professional Practice i not only use the online way to find information regarding the subject but also I research through books and articles regarding the subject this is a frequent occurrence in my professional practice when i start my planning regarding lesson plans and selecting specific subjects suitability for the children.
5.Films and Documentaries
If I am studying a subject that i am not too sure about i like to look at films and documentaries regarding the specific subject as i believe that it enables me to write down some notes about the film / documentary and it gives me a base to the subject. for example I watched a film 'George Balanchine’s Jewels' to enable me to have a greater understanding of the specific characteristics of George Balanchine style for my professional practice it enabled me to broaden my subject knowledge.
Sunday, 27 November 2016
Task 3a Current networks
Its important for myself that i keep developing my professional practice through face to face conversations and also online connections to broaden my network as its important to professional network and build a good reputation and business relationship for myself with clients.
In the near future i would like to develop my ISTD teaching network into a larger scale once qualified ,the ISTD have an online website which enables companies that are looking for a dance teacher in the local area search their details and qualifications and contact them if they are interested in their skill base to become a teacher at the school. I think this is an excellent online network platform for employment. http://www.dance-teachers.org/
I believe that its important to keep professional and personal networks separate as its never a good idea to mix these 2 thoughts together .Both of these networks are very important in life and they are just as important as each other.
Friday, 18 November 2016
Task 2D: Inquiry
What in your daily practice gets you really enthusiastic to find out more about? Who do you admire who also works with what makes you enthusiastic?
There are many things in my daily practice that gets me enthusiastic, I am currently studying ISTD Teaching course and I am loving looking at the anatomy of the body and how does brain develop through the years from learning dance and in addition how does the fundamental movement development differ from children taking dance lessons to the children who dont. I would love to find out more about these topic as it intrigues me.
I admire many people through my life so far including teachers who have taught me dance, family and friends they give me inspiration to achieve in life and never give up on my dreams.
What gets you angry or makes you sad? Who do you admire who shares your feelings or has found away to work around the sadness or anger?
I admit i am a bit of a thinker i think about somethings into too much detail and i always doubt myself! By thinking into too much detail about something does make me feel sad as i doubt my thoughts.
Some of the schools i work in children suffer with anger and emotional difficulties and have so many thoughts going through their minds where they are worrying about something. It puts doubting myself and thinking into too much detail in a different level as these children are only in school and are young and shouldn't have to worry about anything. I try to help these children express themselves and put positive thoughts through their mind. I know if i do need to express myself in any way i know i have got my family here to support me.
What do you love about what you do? Who do you admire who also seems to love this or is an example of what you love?
What i love doing in my Professional Practice is giving children an insight into dance and i am able to show and deliver passion into this subject. I love to see every child having a go! I would love to develop dance further into primary school as i believe that also it helps SEN children develop and able to be creative.
What do you feel you don’t understand? Who do you admire who does seem to understand it or who has found a way of making not understanding it interesting or beautiful, or has asked the same questions as you?
I dont understand many aspects of life and the current world we live in including gun crime , violence, Education changes every year, is it always for the better and why ? Whats going to happen to Brexit ? I think no one could answer all the question and give a fully detailed explanation to these questions, and some aspects will never stop like gun crime and violence.Imagine the world without these aspects, what a different world we would live in !
How do you decide the appropriate ethical response in a given situation? To what extent are disciplinary responses different to that you might expect more generally in society? For example, what level of physical contact would you deem appropriate (and not) from another professional that you would find unacceptable more generally? Why?
Ethical response is a difficult area to apply yourself to and it would also depend on what environment i was in my, if i was with young children my response would be different compared to if i was surrounded by my friends and family.
I think the word physical contact in a dance environment is a normal aspect of dancing and learning as your teacher adjusts your movement/placement to make it right . but i think if you had an office job i dont think this would be appropriate.
There are many things in my daily practice that gets me enthusiastic, I am currently studying ISTD Teaching course and I am loving looking at the anatomy of the body and how does brain develop through the years from learning dance and in addition how does the fundamental movement development differ from children taking dance lessons to the children who dont. I would love to find out more about these topic as it intrigues me.
I admire many people through my life so far including teachers who have taught me dance, family and friends they give me inspiration to achieve in life and never give up on my dreams.
What gets you angry or makes you sad? Who do you admire who shares your feelings or has found away to work around the sadness or anger?
I admit i am a bit of a thinker i think about somethings into too much detail and i always doubt myself! By thinking into too much detail about something does make me feel sad as i doubt my thoughts.
Some of the schools i work in children suffer with anger and emotional difficulties and have so many thoughts going through their minds where they are worrying about something. It puts doubting myself and thinking into too much detail in a different level as these children are only in school and are young and shouldn't have to worry about anything. I try to help these children express themselves and put positive thoughts through their mind. I know if i do need to express myself in any way i know i have got my family here to support me.
What do you love about what you do? Who do you admire who also seems to love this or is an example of what you love?
What i love doing in my Professional Practice is giving children an insight into dance and i am able to show and deliver passion into this subject. I love to see every child having a go! I would love to develop dance further into primary school as i believe that also it helps SEN children develop and able to be creative.
What do you feel you don’t understand? Who do you admire who does seem to understand it or who has found a way of making not understanding it interesting or beautiful, or has asked the same questions as you?
I dont understand many aspects of life and the current world we live in including gun crime , violence, Education changes every year, is it always for the better and why ? Whats going to happen to Brexit ? I think no one could answer all the question and give a fully detailed explanation to these questions, and some aspects will never stop like gun crime and violence.Imagine the world without these aspects, what a different world we would live in !
How do you decide the appropriate ethical response in a given situation? To what extent are disciplinary responses different to that you might expect more generally in society? For example, what level of physical contact would you deem appropriate (and not) from another professional that you would find unacceptable more generally? Why?
Ethical response is a difficult area to apply yourself to and it would also depend on what environment i was in my, if i was with young children my response would be different compared to if i was surrounded by my friends and family.
I think the word physical contact in a dance environment is a normal aspect of dancing and learning as your teacher adjusts your movement/placement to make it right . but i think if you had an office job i dont think this would be appropriate.
2c:- Reflective Theory
Every bodies idea of reflection is different as everybody reflects differently. I reflect best when I have been through a certain experience once the experience is complete I think about the outcomes of the experience and think mindfully about the following :-
Was it a good or a bad experience?
What could I do to make the experience better?
Has the experience made me a better person overall?
Most of the time I keep my thoughts to myself and dont express my emotions, but sometimes everyone needs to express their emotions, emotions are a big indicator to how we can show if an experience went according to plan or not.
When researching about the word 'Reflection' there are many meanings to this work the phrase by using the 'Free Dictionary Online' .http://www.thefreedictionary.com/reflection
'3b. A thought or an opinion resulting from such thinking or consideration'
This Phrase relates to reflection the best for me because once I have reflected on the experience I have a final thoughts and opinions on how I believed the experience went by analysing and reflecting on my teaching.
Views Of Dewey
Referring to the quote above it is clear that Dewey believes that we learn best once we have completed the task and then to reflect on the experience. I use this technique at the end of my lessons once completed the lesson in school , I ask the children to reflect on their learning ,what have they gained from today's lesson ? what can they improve on next time ?...
http://study.com/academy/lesson/john-dewey-on-education-impact-theory.html
I found the above website really useful when researching into Dewey it explained some really important facts relating to Dewey including :-
'Dewey Had a Child Centred approach to education and emphasised the learning needs and interests of the children'
He also liked the use Interdisciplinary- connecting multiple subjects together, I use this technique with regards to topics within Dance. Today I was teaching a year 5 class and they have been reading/ studying the Roal Dahl book of Matilda in English so I decide to cross curricular the 2 subjects of Dance and English together and as a class they learnt a section of the Royal Shakespeare Company dance of 'Revolting Children'.
http://www.wilderdom.com/experiential/SummaryJohnDeweyExperienceEducation.html
'experience arises from the interaction of two principles -- continuity and interaction. Continuity is that each experience a person has will influence his/her future, for better or for worse. Interaction refers to the situational influence on one's experience. In other words, one's present experience is a function of the interaction between one's past experiences and the present situation. For example, my experience of a lesson, will depend on how the teacher arranges and facilitates the lesson, as well my past experience of similar lessons and teachers.'
Overall evaluating on Deweys Theory- I believe the more experiences we experience through our lives, and the more we evaluate on the finding from the experience, we will be able to guide ourselves through life in our chosen direction. Through experience we face we are still learning , learning and evaluating never stop through our lives.
Views of Kolb
As a Dance teacher in primary schools I always plan my lessons what I am going to deliver through the half term in a certain topic. I always set aims and expectations for the Higher, Middle and lower ability (All, Most ,Some) this enables me to have an understanding on what is going to be achieved by the children at the end of each lesson and end of the half term. I can refer at Kolbs learning cycle as I always start at 'Active Experimentation.'
Each Lesson I teach I believe that I go through each stage of Kolbs Learning Cycle. I think the most important section out of this theory is 'Abstract Conceptualisation' because I wont reach the learning outcomes at the end of the term if this isn't followed through.This enables me to edit the next lesson if we haven't achieved a certain area from the lesson.
I can see how Kolbs theory is a great way to reflect on 'experience'
Views Of Moon
Jenny Moon is best known for her contribution to Journal Writing. Through my Education at Hammond we used the use of Journal writing to reflect on our week/lesson I liked how I could put thoughts to paper and reflect on my week/ lesson in a thoughtful mindful way reflecting in peace. When writing my journal through section 2b I used Moons techniques to create a detailed Reflective Journal.
Views of Schon
Schon theory relating to Reflecting In Action and Refection On Action, I can relate sometimes to this when teaching a lesson. Sometimes things dont go to plan so I have to change the aspect of the lesson on the spot incorporating different learning methods for example Gardeners techniques. This shows I am thinking ahead and not wasting children's learning time. Once finished the lesson I will then reflect on why my planned lesson didn't work. Sometimes it can relate to the learning methods i used as each child is different and everyone learns using different methods, or sometimes the children need more help of understanding the topic or learning outcomes of the lesson so the lessons are slowed down to make sure learning outcomes are achieved which may relate to another lesson on the same topic/ technique of dance.
I have have loved reading into the different practitioners and their reflective methods hope you enjoy reading my blog!
Was it a good or a bad experience?
What could I do to make the experience better?
Has the experience made me a better person overall?
Most of the time I keep my thoughts to myself and dont express my emotions, but sometimes everyone needs to express their emotions, emotions are a big indicator to how we can show if an experience went according to plan or not.
When researching about the word 'Reflection' there are many meanings to this work the phrase by using the 'Free Dictionary Online' .http://www.thefreedictionary.com/reflection
'3b. A thought or an opinion resulting from such thinking or consideration'
This Phrase relates to reflection the best for me because once I have reflected on the experience I have a final thoughts and opinions on how I believed the experience went by analysing and reflecting on my teaching.
Views Of Dewey
Referring to the quote above it is clear that Dewey believes that we learn best once we have completed the task and then to reflect on the experience. I use this technique at the end of my lessons once completed the lesson in school , I ask the children to reflect on their learning ,what have they gained from today's lesson ? what can they improve on next time ?...
http://study.com/academy/lesson/john-dewey-on-education-impact-theory.html
I found the above website really useful when researching into Dewey it explained some really important facts relating to Dewey including :-
'Dewey Had a Child Centred approach to education and emphasised the learning needs and interests of the children'
He also liked the use Interdisciplinary- connecting multiple subjects together, I use this technique with regards to topics within Dance. Today I was teaching a year 5 class and they have been reading/ studying the Roal Dahl book of Matilda in English so I decide to cross curricular the 2 subjects of Dance and English together and as a class they learnt a section of the Royal Shakespeare Company dance of 'Revolting Children'.
http://www.wilderdom.com/experiential/SummaryJohnDeweyExperienceEducation.html
'experience arises from the interaction of two principles -- continuity and interaction. Continuity is that each experience a person has will influence his/her future, for better or for worse. Interaction refers to the situational influence on one's experience. In other words, one's present experience is a function of the interaction between one's past experiences and the present situation. For example, my experience of a lesson, will depend on how the teacher arranges and facilitates the lesson, as well my past experience of similar lessons and teachers.'
Overall evaluating on Deweys Theory- I believe the more experiences we experience through our lives, and the more we evaluate on the finding from the experience, we will be able to guide ourselves through life in our chosen direction. Through experience we face we are still learning , learning and evaluating never stop through our lives.
Views of Kolb
As a Dance teacher in primary schools I always plan my lessons what I am going to deliver through the half term in a certain topic. I always set aims and expectations for the Higher, Middle and lower ability (All, Most ,Some) this enables me to have an understanding on what is going to be achieved by the children at the end of each lesson and end of the half term. I can refer at Kolbs learning cycle as I always start at 'Active Experimentation.'
Each Lesson I teach I believe that I go through each stage of Kolbs Learning Cycle. I think the most important section out of this theory is 'Abstract Conceptualisation' because I wont reach the learning outcomes at the end of the term if this isn't followed through.This enables me to edit the next lesson if we haven't achieved a certain area from the lesson.
I can see how Kolbs theory is a great way to reflect on 'experience'
Views Of Moon
Jenny Moon is best known for her contribution to Journal Writing. Through my Education at Hammond we used the use of Journal writing to reflect on our week/lesson I liked how I could put thoughts to paper and reflect on my week/ lesson in a thoughtful mindful way reflecting in peace. When writing my journal through section 2b I used Moons techniques to create a detailed Reflective Journal.
Views of Schon
Schon theory relating to Reflecting In Action and Refection On Action, I can relate sometimes to this when teaching a lesson. Sometimes things dont go to plan so I have to change the aspect of the lesson on the spot incorporating different learning methods for example Gardeners techniques. This shows I am thinking ahead and not wasting children's learning time. Once finished the lesson I will then reflect on why my planned lesson didn't work. Sometimes it can relate to the learning methods i used as each child is different and everyone learns using different methods, or sometimes the children need more help of understanding the topic or learning outcomes of the lesson so the lessons are slowed down to make sure learning outcomes are achieved which may relate to another lesson on the same topic/ technique of dance.
I have have loved reading into the different practitioners and their reflective methods hope you enjoy reading my blog!
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