cycle of learning
The professional model of teaching according to Smith- Autard (1997) focuses on the teacher being in the front of the class demonstrating and instructing. The students follow and copy. Whitley S. also supports this in her article on Conceptual Framework for Creating and Analyzing dance Learning And Digital Content when she states “Dance has been largely taught through a teacher, choreographer providing direct information to the student through physical demonstration, touch or verbal instruction.” Starting at this point in learning and then moving to a place where the classroom has several teaching methods involved in a given session, encourages the teacher to reflect, deconstruct, and reconstruct their ideas before teaching another lesson and more importantly to move away from using only traditional teaching methods. “Today’s learners are and should be more and more independent as they progress in both the practical and theoretical study of dance.” states Autard (1997). How d...