Creative Method / Teachers: Nicole Peterson & Chloe Soriano

 

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Unit: Teaching Practice
Theme: Creative Method

Introduction
 
 Student teaching or teaching practice is a supervised instructional experience; usually the culminating course in a university or college undergraduate education or graduate school program leading to teacher education and certification.
 
Today, students will be introduced to the creative method of teaching dance & movement.


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Learning Objectives

 

  • Understand the dynamics of teaching a dance/movement lesson
  • Explain the different parts of a lesson plan in written form
  • Gain an awareness of the importance of the creative method
  • Experience the creative method through teaching a dance/movement lesson

 

 

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Main Lesson
 
 




Music & Dance

Question 2

Why are these music props important for dance teachers?
 
 
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Emergency Lesson Song-Dance

Question 3

Which are the possible scenarios in which you would use recorded songs like this one?
 
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 Creative Movement and Dance - Teaching Strategies


Video Concepts

Patterns
Outlines
Steps

Main Objectives and Teaching Strategies

1) Community Circle Dance
Understanding group activities and working toward a shared goal.

2) Mirroring
Understanding non-verbal cues and spontaneity

3) Understanding Improvisation and Play.

4) Energy and Emotions
Recognizing and expressing emotions.

5) Patterns
Making inferences


 
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A Note to Remember
 
Teaching practice is a period that a student teacher spends teaching at a school as part of his or her training. 

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Case Study

 


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Activity 1
 
Students write their feedback about Gema's lesson using affirmations.
 
 

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ACTIVITY 2

Students will create groups of 5.
They will each choose one of the objectives above and teach it to the members of his/her group.
 
Each group writes a reflection on their teaching experience and post it on Discussion Board.



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Journaling

 

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Glossary

 

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Sources

 

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Students' Work

 Nicole Peterson






Chloe Soriano



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