Practise makes perfect....!!!!!!!

So having spent the morning all day practising the Presentation, rewriting the script, changing the script, practising the presentation
via Skype works with 3 three different people I feel very motivated and ready to present my presentation to everyone tomorrow!! 


I FINALLY worked out how to share screen's on Skype so that the other person can see my Power Point, myself and them all on the same screen.....


I was lucky enough to squeeze in a rehearsal Skype with Hannah Shepherd which was really interesting to compare each others presentation and provide each other feedback as we are the only 2 doing the presentations via Skype. 

It was also interesting to talk about what each of our plans are next. 

I and am thinking of trying to gain work in a primary school level as a teaching assistant and after school dance clubs as well!


I have approached my Presentation with my peers in mind and am looking forward to engaging in question and answers to share their thoughts, ideas and concepts of the enquiry as a whole!!!


I wish everyone the best of luck! Keep calm, talk steady and smile!

Time for Presentation

Hi there all!!


How are we all doing??? I'm working currently working on the presentation for Monday @ 15:00pm, looking forward to seeing what you've all come up with....


Will update more on Sunday once rehearsed it a few times with friends and relatives!


Chow for now


Natalie

SKYPE GROUP SESSION PM:

Kym Walton, Natalie Kirk and Hannah Shepherd: 

·         Action Research: Making an action, looking at something within your teaching, EG: Create a Facebook Page and as a result of what comes out of that would make you change your Teaching.

·         Literature Review: Discussed the relevant, strategies of displaying the Literature review.

·         Kym’s approach: Display a link to the Literature or the whole article, Quote from the Link, Question at the bottom.

·         Questionnaire response’s to demonstrate: Participant 1 and 2 opposing views. Decide who has made the most relevant point and where that lead does.

·         Discussed Question responses: For Schools: Check the last GCSE results. Demographic school to have an understanding of the type of school responding to the questions.

·         Analysis of Findings: How they all link together, how they contrast, why do they contradict each other?

·         Hannah is mapping out: 4 AREA’S: Children, Teachers, Government, and Science. Mapping out across all ages, subjects, inquire in a broad way.

·         Adolesa’s advice said map out the area’s and think about what you are expecting the class culture to be with how the dance class is now. Research will change your results.

·         Artefact: Well presented way of presenting everything, poster, book, power point presentation. Tony Hall Review of the Dance Curriculum. Idea for Artefact?

SKYPE GROUP SESSION: AM

Well that was a very productive Skype session with Carla Mason, Kym Walton and Hannah Shepherd...We discussed: 

9:00am Carla Mason and Natalie Kirk: 

·        Ethical implications with contacting schools and student consent when Observing lessons

·        Interviews and Questionnaire procedure

·        Emailed our questions to each other and make suggestions on how to improve:

·        Carla: What effective teaching methods do you use for ages 5-10yrs?

·        Repeat the same question for ages 13 upwards?

·        Suggested she asked: "Teenagers are going developing into puberty from the age of around 12, what implications this has on their effectiveness on class? I suggested she looks at muscles, joints, mood swings, lack of energy, peer pressure etc...

·        Carla suggested that I change the question: “Dance and the Arts is currently very popular, do you think this will remain that way for the future? 

·        Carla advised: Do you see any foreseeable changes for the future in relation to the Arts within Education?

·        Whilst on the phone I received an email from Alan providing Feedback of Introduction and Analysis of Findings:

·        Change of Title from: "Does Arts have a larger or smaller role to play for Education for the future?"

·        Alan's Suggestion: Creativity in the Curriculum: What are the factors driving the debate on the inclusion of different art subjects in the UK National Curriculum?

·        Title we re-discussed: “An investigation into the Arts in the Uk Curriculum”

SKYPE GROUP SESSION 12.03.2014

I thought it would be a good idea to arrange a group Skype session with all involved in Module 3 for a catch up and see how were all getting on and discuss each others title's: 

Anyone interested please feel free to join, my Skype name is natalie.kirk83

 9:00-9:45:  Carla Louise Mason and Natalie Kirk.

16:00-16:45: Hannah Shepherd, Kym Walton, Natalie Kirk.

Title's to discuss: 

• Carla Louise Mason: " Effectively Teaching Dance to teenage students" 

• Hannah Shepherd: " The impact of Dance based activities on the learning development of primary school children" 

• Natalie Kirk: " Does the Arts play a larger or smaller role in Education for the future?"

• Kym Walton: "How have our expectations of the culture within our our dance classes changed and what has influenced these changes?" 

 I will add the notes from the Session for everyone to see!! 

If anyone fancied a chat who couldn't Skype tomorrow or whenever... I'm on 07515 894708

Bye for Now everyone and keep in touch!! 

Review of Micheal Gove's Letter

Having read the very negative petition set up by The Drama Army I was very surprised to find Micheal Gove's letter to appear as being very positively minded towards the Arts and demonstrates an appreciation of the value and importance of Arts within Education, "recognize that creativity is the key to both cultural and economic progress" and " no programmer of education can begin without making the arts and creativity central to a child's life". 

However with the Introduction of the Ebacc system and the removal of the Arts within this, his actions are speaking differently to his opinion for the Arts. 

He discusses that "Music and Art will continue to be statutory subjects for all children between the ages of 5 and 14". He doesn't include GCSE level nor Dance and Drama so it is unclear as to the position of these subjects for the future. Does this imply that he doesn't see a specific relevance to Drama and Dance within Education?

On Reflection, while this appears to be supportive of the Arts in Education, I would need to gain specific clarification of where Drama and Dance would be for the future. He is appearing to be a little hypocritical by stating "creativity is the key" where he continually discusses the importance of  the core Academic subjects that need improving on in his opinion, with his introduction to the Ebacc system.

Micheal Gove's Letter in response to the Drama Army Petition