First Experience of Dance

Before participating in the dance workshop I was nervous about having to teach dance in the primary school. I assumed it would require me to learn the basics of many different dances, however, I have now realised this is not the case and has made me feel much more confident in teaching dance. I now understand that there is many ways to teach dance that will not put me in a situation where I feel uncomfortable. Three key suggestions that I will take from today’s workshop are:

I will always make sure to proof-check my music to make sure its content is age appropriate.
I will start lessons with different dance related videos if possible to grasp the young people’s attention. These videos will also allow me to have discussions with the class around dance.
Finally, I will try to use dance styles from different religions in order to promote cross-curricular learning e.g. dance and R.M.E.

Workshop no.1 – inequality

Looking back on Tuesday’s workshop I realise how much fun and how interesting I actually found it.

I was placed in the lowest resource group and too many people’s surprise including the lecturer I was very happy with the outcome we produced as a group. I was questioned if I was angry about being given less resources and I simply replied “no, I am not angry, I am proud of what we produced as a group with the little amount of resources that we had.”

I understand the exercise to be showing inequality in the world however, I realised not every person experiences jealousy or selfishness or no care at all.

The main aim I found from this workshop is that every person experiences different outcomes towards equality and things they are given. I think as I progress into my role in education I will see this greatly around the classroom and also outwith so I think it was a really clever workshop to begin the year with.

Not why. Who?

If you ever asked me “why teaching” I probably wouldn’t be able to answer. I don’t really have a cliche answer as I don’t “love” children. My journey to choosing this career path was never based on a “why” it was much more of a “who”. The who has two parts to my journey, who convinced me and who I want to be.

There was a teacher who once caught me at my lowest and helped me to see through to the light at the end of the tunnel. She cared for me, offered me a smile and a shoulder to cry on when no one else offered. She was the part of my “who” that I will never forget. She was the part who convinced me that as a person this is who I want to be. I want to be the person who makes a difference to a child’s life when they feel they have nothing and no one else.

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