Content: What and how will you teach?

creativeDANCE - Children's creative dance classes, San Diego NC, California, by Amanda Banks

Discussion

Based on their first journal entry on "their ideal dance studio," completed the first class, students developed a discussion about what each one of them thought their ideal dance studio would look like. The range of possible studios went from the very basic dimension of a studio, to more creative concepts that include location, lighting, music, walls, colors, music, etc.

Students watched a video that showed the way a teacher in San Diego teaches a creative dance class.
To start a discussion, the question asked was, "what resonated with you about this class and the teacher?

Important definitions came up:

Movement Metaphors
Conceptual Dance/Art
Learning Styles: VAKT

Individuation

Role of the Teacher:

Creativity Facilitators
Behavior Managers
Freedom-to-Make-Mistakes Givers
Coach vs Teacher vs Mentor