Students will commence the semester observing content, methodology and teaching strategies in classes taught be facility members. Classes will include Contemporary Technique, Improvisation, Duo Work and Dance Making classes and encompass both the VCA Secondary School and Bachelor Program. Students will then progress to team teaching and then individual teaching practice. Teaching practice will occur at the VCA School of Dance and/or in community contexts.
Intended learning outcomes
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, students should have:
The capacity to direct and engage others constructively and experientially
The capacity to impart information and knowledge
The capacity to structure and creatively design material
The ability to apply theory to practice
The capacity to interpret and analyse
The ability to evaluate and synthesise data and other information
The ability to communicate orally, kinaesthetically and in writing.
Capacities of imagination, transformation and interpretation