There are multiple ways of seeing things, interpreting a piece of choreography, reading an article, receiving some feedback and I think it is important as you enter your modules
- reflecting on your own practice - Module One
- reviewing the voices of others in your field through the literature - Module Two
- constructing research questions and thinking about your approach to analysis - Module Three
to raise the issue of 'a single story'...
This TED talk has been shared and shared again...well worth listening/watching.
Love to hear your thoughts...
Fascinating and thought-provoking talk, thanks for posting it Helen.
ReplyDeleteAs I was listening so many other thoughts came to me. Are we parenting the way we were parented? do we teach we way we were taught? Our we products of a single story existence.
Einstein’s' quote "Everybody is a Genius. But If You Judge a Fish by Its Ability to Climb a Tree, It Will Live Its Whole Life Believing that It is Stupid" is one with which we are all familiar and is an example of a single story education. Differentiation should be a major part of our class planning and we should ensure that each child is well catered for. Children do not learn in the same way and we need to discover their learning strategies and develop them. However, if a child has a single experience at school they leave with that single idea of how education is or should be. As educators it is our duty to ensure young people have a wide and varied experience by being exposed to different learning strategies. This will then allow them as young adults to make decisions and have opinions based on a wider source. Relating this to the world of dance training is no different and we can train students and achieve the same results but adapting the teaching technique to the child. Surely, that makes our job interesting, varied and challenging.
Thanks for this Julie. I indeed am passionate about utilising existing dance teaching methodologies to accommodate different learning styles and assist each individual. Discovering new communicative methods to engage and reach all learners. I may base my research on this. The power of other people's stories resonate in class discussions and present many choreographic ideas.
DeleteWhat a great talk! Thank you for sharing Helen! Stories are a really powerful tool. I feel that they touch and engage you on many more levels, than if you just hear information or facts. Reading bed time stories to my kids, has made me realise how much we are influenced by stories and how our world view gets shaped already at such a young age. And I agree with Julie, that it is important to reflect on what stories or story we base our teaching practice (especially working with young children, but also adults).
ReplyDeleteBedtime stories with my children enabled their own endings. This presents the opportunity for them to express their own ideas and alerts you as parent to any deeper issues. It's two way traffic and this lady certainly opened up a few extra lanes!!
DeleteThis lady was not passive, even as a child she questioned. She saw that these children's stories just didn't add up, they didn't relate to her life at all. Still, many of us are influenced by the press, documentaries and governments and we fail to question. As teachers and role-models it is our duty to present a well-rounded perspective and listen to our children's stories so that the other children can listen and learn. Embracing the literature review and finding fresh material to add critically evaluate, informing research. There is no sensationalism in this, no hidden agenda. Brilliant.
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