In our last session of dance we put all of our practices into one final performance which we recorded.
Click here to view the video of our performance
We then got into pairs and whilst we watched the video back, we evaluated each others performance. 
I think it is important for children to evaluate their performance and self reflect as it helps them to improve and see what they could do better. However, it is important to make sure that when they are doing peer evaluation that it is constructive criticism. This is why we took the 2 stars and 1 wish approach, so that the person being evaluated can feel good that the achieved 2 things whilst thinking about 1 thing they could work on.
At the very end of the session we were asked to write down one word to describe how we would now feel about teaching dance, just like we did in the fist session. In the first session I wrote anxious, however, at the end of todays session my word was excited. I feel much more confident now that after completing the dance session and look forward for being able to share my new found enthusiasm for dance with a class in the future. Because we were given the freedom to create our own moves but still given the support from the lecturer with giving us stimuli for inspiration and helping us put all the moves together, this gave us a great balance of creative freedom and teacher guidance and definitely developed my own confidence in dance. Cone states that when pupils and teachers work together in this way “what can result is a hybrid dance that integrates teacher and student perspectives.” (Cone, 2011)
This has part of the module has given me many ideas that I would never have previously thought of, that I will now take with me into my teaching career.
References
Cone, T. (2011) Following Their Lead: Supporting Children’s Ideas for Creating Dances, Journal of Dance Education, [Online] Vol. 9:3, pp. 81-89 Available: http://moodle.uws.ac.uk/pluginfile.php/846498/mod_resource/content/1/Purcell%20Cone%20%282011%29.pdf [Accessed 1 January 17]
