I hadn't read the module handbook when I came up with the idea of looking into the use of imagery as a teaching tool for ballet students. I teach a wide variety of ages from 5 to 18 and started trying out imagery ideas which would be appropriate for the developmental stage for each age group as of course you have to tailor your verbal imagery for example depending on their own stage of understanding and experience. Then I read the handbook and saw imagery and teaching was an example of potential research study. Would it seem then that I'm copying that? So not sure whether to do something else.
From the idea of tailoring teaching for understanding to the different ages I teach I also thought of the topic of teaching ballet to incorporate differing learning styles. Having had two (now grown up!) children who occasionally struggled in school due to their learning style which was primarily visual/tactile I thought this would be a good area to study. However this could be a huge topic so I would narrow my focus to the group of students I teach most frequently which is the age 7-11 age group. Still deciding how I would go about this, perhaps using questionnaires to help determine each child's primary learning style? since we overlap our learning styles there is usually one or two ways which seem to dominate. Then perhaps a questionnaire towards the end of the session of classes to see how they felt/responded.
Any thoughts on those two ideas would be greatly appreciated!
From the idea of tailoring teaching for understanding to the different ages I teach I also thought of the topic of teaching ballet to incorporate differing learning styles. Having had two (now grown up!) children who occasionally struggled in school due to their learning style which was primarily visual/tactile I thought this would be a good area to study. However this could be a huge topic so I would narrow my focus to the group of students I teach most frequently which is the age 7-11 age group. Still deciding how I would go about this, perhaps using questionnaires to help determine each child's primary learning style? since we overlap our learning styles there is usually one or two ways which seem to dominate. Then perhaps a questionnaire towards the end of the session of classes to see how they felt/responded.
Any thoughts on those two ideas would be greatly appreciated!
