Dance assessments .... Whats the value?
Now I'm heading into Module 2 of my MA an area that really interests me is assessments. Assessing a dance genre can be subjective, as what I enjoy watching you may not. However there still needs to be an appreciation of the technical content as well as the artistic content of what is being performed, whether it be contemporary, classical, hip hop, krump, African etc. the list can go on. How we assess students, how we feed back this information to them and the time span in which it done is extremely relevant to the young people that we are training. I hope to examine the effectiveness, currency, relevance and validity of dance assessments within the professional performance training sector of students aged 16 years plus. Do you think assessments have a place in the current training system? Are we forced to assess to ensure our awarding bodies are satisfied? Is too much emphasis placed on assessments? for both staff and students. Is there unnecessary pressure on young people