Reflection Essays
1 https://www.dancewithusottawa.com/dancing-is-my-passion/ This Passion on Mine Mickey Carton This semester I had the pleasure of taking Methods of Teaching Dance. Coming into this class I had not danced in a while and the idea of teaching was a little daunting to me. As the semester progressed, however, it became clear that my journey as a dance teacher would be memorable and a ton of fun. As a reflection I will discuss my main takeaways from the semester, and how I plan to use the skills learned in DAN 385 after this course. The first biggest takeaway from this course was that organization is key. When you plan ahead of time for a lesson and are organized this leaves little room for mistakes or confusion. Especially when you are teaching a group that may not be super advanced you want to make sure your lesson plan will provide your students with the greatest chance of success. As a teacher, I found t...