Martin
28th-April-2006, 09:33 PM
Something that I have been thinking of for a long time...
Which class is more important, Beginner, beginner progression/consolidation/towards freestyle/revision or intermediate. For the sake of debate, please do not say they are all equally important... :flower:
For some time, the general rule is that teachers start at beginner progression/consolidation/towards freestyle/revision, then teach beginner (from the stage) , the when they have proved themselves, teach intermediate (from the stage).
This means, that whilst some beginner progression/consolidation/towards freestyle/revision teachers are GREAT:grin: , some others have a lot to learn about teaching.
If you had 3 teachers for the night - and they were graded 1 to 3 as to their ability to teach well (1 being the highest)...
Which class would you have them teach?
Let's say they are all good dancers - same level - to keep the discussion to simply teaching skills.
I would like to put forward the case that "new" teachers should start teaching intermediate (as, if the moves are good, the explaination is less critical, as intermediate dancers will pick the moves up with average explaination better than the beginners)
They should then progress to beginner [on stage], then to a beginner progression/consolidation/towards freestyle/revision class, where the nature of the smaller class means more teaching skills are required to benefit the dancers of the future (as it can sometimes almost be like a mini workshop, with those, oh so valuable 'new' clients).
I know this goes against the "accepted" norm, I am of the opinion that a beginner progression/consolidation/towards freestyle/revision class that is not taught well (and let's be honest, as it is the training ground for potential teachers, some go better than others - and I have sat in on, and helped out, on many :hug: ) is worse than not having the class.
So putting to one side, dance experience and knowlege of moves - let's say this is equal. On pure teaching skills, where would you put your 3 teachers, and why?
Which class is more important, Beginner, beginner progression/consolidation/towards freestyle/revision or intermediate. For the sake of debate, please do not say they are all equally important... :flower:
For some time, the general rule is that teachers start at beginner progression/consolidation/towards freestyle/revision, then teach beginner (from the stage) , the when they have proved themselves, teach intermediate (from the stage).
This means, that whilst some beginner progression/consolidation/towards freestyle/revision teachers are GREAT:grin: , some others have a lot to learn about teaching.
If you had 3 teachers for the night - and they were graded 1 to 3 as to their ability to teach well (1 being the highest)...
Which class would you have them teach?
Let's say they are all good dancers - same level - to keep the discussion to simply teaching skills.
I would like to put forward the case that "new" teachers should start teaching intermediate (as, if the moves are good, the explaination is less critical, as intermediate dancers will pick the moves up with average explaination better than the beginners)
They should then progress to beginner [on stage], then to a beginner progression/consolidation/towards freestyle/revision class, where the nature of the smaller class means more teaching skills are required to benefit the dancers of the future (as it can sometimes almost be like a mini workshop, with those, oh so valuable 'new' clients).
I know this goes against the "accepted" norm, I am of the opinion that a beginner progression/consolidation/towards freestyle/revision class that is not taught well (and let's be honest, as it is the training ground for potential teachers, some go better than others - and I have sat in on, and helped out, on many :hug: ) is worse than not having the class.
So putting to one side, dance experience and knowlege of moves - let's say this is equal. On pure teaching skills, where would you put your 3 teachers, and why?