Thursday 19 April 2012

Finalising my reward title

So after careful consideration and not wanting to limit my award title I have decided on:

BA (Hons) In Professional Practice in Dance and Education.

I previously posted about my award title, saying that I didn't want to limit it and so I think this is a perfect balance.  I hope to go on to teaching dance in secondary education, which my award title covers.  Another option is to go into primary education and, like Michelle said in her post, this title shows I have dance experience and it also carries on from my 'National Diploma In Professional Dance'.  The education part of the title will be the next step in my career, whether it be primary or secondary.

Any more thoughts on this would be appreciated.

Developing Questions

It is strange to believe that at the beginning of this module it was hard to think of questions, mainly because I was thinking too hard !  Now narrowing it down to one question is difficult.  I have thought about this long and hard - and it has been hard...I have been into my local secondary school and also thought about my current employment to try and inspire me.  After thinking about my proposed career, teaching in Secondary schools, I started  to think about the changes I would need to make.  Whilst volunteering at my local secondary school I decided to make notes on differences I came across between what the teachers do at the school and what I do when I teach at local dance schools.  A big one I came up with was Motivation! Every teacher needs to motivate their pupils but I would like to look into it in greater depth.  This is because I currently teach at dance schools where the majority choose to attend out of enjoyment, whereas from previous experience in secondary schools, years 7-9  have to participate whether they want to or not....What methods of motivation are used for those who have no interest in dance whatsoever?!  I hope to look into methods of motivation to benefit the next stage in my career, and I hope this will be of benefit to others too, who are wanting to do the same.

Teaching Routes

The other day I went into my old high school to talk about my next step after completing BAPP.  With the talk of GTPs being stopped / cut / reduced I was getting worried as I think this may be the only option available to me?.  I have a house to pay for and I could not afford not to work.  Why is it getting so hard? Anyway, I was told it is hard to get onto a PGCE without experience never mind a GTP! So I was advised to start volunteering and to apply for teaching assistant roles to help me gain experience in schools.  So this may help others wanting to do the same.  Going into the school on a weekly basis will give me experience and also enable me to carry out my Inquiry there.