Field Response Journal, Part I

Question 1: Being a dance teacher in a secondary school it can be tough to determin what the students already know about dance. And what they already have ability to do and what they can't do. As I observed the teacher in this setting, I noticed that while teaching the dance company(the more adavanced dancers of the school) she used assimilation to help the students understand what she was asking them to do. Asking them to do stretches that they can realte to from preivious training, so it wasn't something that was completly new to them. They were able to pick up on the movement because they have been trained and the teacher know that. But in the lower advanced classes she was unable to do this as successfully. They could fallow along with her but they needed more instruction, they needed to accomodate to what they were learning. Most of The studetns were in the 2nd stage with some in the 3rd stage of development. They are able to show logic and have sdult like responses but it is still in a concret reality. Rearly did I see any of the students react in the formal stage. To respond with an abract idea. Overall the teacher did a great job of showing how to handle all different types of development.