Julie

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141106131853.htm Really interesting article I found. Just been reflecting  more on my training and how I teach. I have a year 7 group of students for ballet 5 times a week and i measure the  height of each student every half term. They know now about growth spurts and how to manage their training through these periods they're a great group of talented young people and I want to empower them as young learners. We talk about alignment, posture and placement all the time.  So when it comes to the arabesque line for example they face the mirror find the correct placement and then I tell them to use their brain like a document on the computer and click 'save as.......  ' . Whenever they take an arabesque line they 'open the file' and create the position. The big HOWEVER is growth spurts. So I've been talking to them about relearning the line and then opening their file to 're save as....' I've likened  it...

So this morning has been reading the module handbook over and over. I've highlighted some points and ordered a couple of books. I have taken the advice of carrying a notebook with me and now I find myself having good full blown conversations with myself and then taking notes.....!!! "What do I know?" and "what have I learnt?" are questions spinning round and round. Does anyone have any advice on actually getting  started in trying to form these ramblings into an essay? All help gratefully received 

 Well the MA is underway, I can't believe it. I must admit I'm quite excited to actually get going. Its been a long time since I embarked on such an adventure, this is really going to challenge me. Now I sort of think I should have done this when I was younger and not wait for my 50's but as they say the 50's are the new 40's so here we go!! I've been reading up on my daughters notes on critical reflection (its quite handy having 2 kids doing a degree)  hopefully she'll be about to proof read my work which will be really helpful. All those years of helping with homework will pay off. 😄 😄 This first module will be really interesting as I pour my way through my teaching and performing life and discover the effects and impacts on my own work. What made me the way I am? Teaching is what really floats my boat. I love engaging with young people and discovering different ways to rely the message and love of dance and its technique. Each day is new and each y...