Module 2... After completing mod 1 and being pleasantly surprised with my feedback and result I felt ready to take on mod 2. To begin with if I'm honest I felt like there was a lot to take in, but after two sessions and having everything broken down I feel much better and excited to get all my ideas down on paper. I am currently looking into my little wonder at the moment and I would like to look deeper into how fundamental dance is within the National Curriculum in primary schools. Some of my thoughts at the moment are spiralling into why teachers don't feel confident to teach dance, should you have to be specifically qualified, or should teachers have the opportunity to access more training courses? This is something that I am crossed with weekly going into schools to deliver dance, and the general confidence of teachers I go to work with is very low on the subject. However dance in schools now isn't just being able to teach children to physically dance in time to mu...
Using my research in my current practice.. At this moment I am only a couple of weeks off deadline day. Part of me feels organised and the other like there isn't enough hours in the day! However I am feeling much more relaxed after my last one to one with Sam and probably like most others I was putting a boundless amount of pressure and stress onto myself. In one of my areas of learning I talk about neurodivergence and how it can affect a child's self confidence. Recently I have been reading many theories and literatures about neurodivergence and why it causes a lack of confidence, mainly in children with ADHD and Autism. Yesterday I was teaching in a primary school where in one of my classes I had a child who is Autistic and some parts of the lesson got too much for him. I found it enlightening that I was able to understand on a different level to I normally would of been able to as to why he found it too much and what tiny changes I could make to hopefully prevent him...