Pedagogical Seminar for Modern and Contemporary Dance 4

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Contents

Information on the combined form:

The course is taught in a combined form of contact and non-contact teaching in a ratio of approximately 1:3, i.e. 36 hours of distance learning,

14 hours of face-to-face contact per semester.

The summer semester includes intensive concentrated block teaching of the main subjects.

The content of the course Pedagogical Seminar Modern and Contemporary Dance 4 consists mainly of independent pedagogical practice, in which the student applies and actually verifies the knowledge and skills acquired from the Didactics and Methodology MST class, with which it is closely linked. The pedagogical practice is professionally consulted with the teacher of the subject.

In the role of teacher, the student must be mindful of the principles of accurate explanation, use of professional terminology, adequate choice of methods and methods of assessment, solving specific problems in individuals, and accepting responsibility for preparation for teaching. Their written reflection teaches the student to clearly articulate the main principles, questions, as well as their opinions and attitudes.

Topics:

• Working with music, communication with the accompanist
• Incorporating imagination and different types of visualisation into teaching
• Techniques of movement analysis
• Skinner release technique
• Feldenkrais method
• Ideokinesis
• BMC
• Structure and problems of dance education and contemporary Czech dance community

The pedagogical seminar includes theoretical analyses and evaluations in the form of discussion, allowing to grasp and process the given topic from different perspectives and experiences.

The MST pedagogical seminar also serves to obtain basic information about the functioning, structure and problems of dance education and the contemporary Czech dance community.

Learning outcomes

The aim of the study is the practical development of independent pedagogical work, awareness of the role of the teacher, formation of individual pedagogical style and direct confrontation with real situations in the form of teaching at selected state institutions (e.g. conservatories, ZUŠ), dance companies or private studios.

Prerequisites and other requirements

Corequisites - Didactics and methodology of MST

Literature

FRANKLIN, Eric N. Dance imagery for technique and performance. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, c1996. ISBN 9780873229432.

Evaluation methods and criteria

Credit is awarded on the basis of a discussion of a video recording of a practical lesson taught at the selected institution and a scored analysis of the lesson, which also evaluates its effectiveness. It includes a written evaluation from active participation in a recommended festival or a branch discussion of 2-3 pages, which is part of the student's portfolio, and the elaboration of the assigned tasks (continuous written reflection, presentation of the created lesson/assignment, continuous corrections, explication of the principles and meanings for the technical and artistic growth of students of a given movement and dance level). It includes a written report on one topic from the topic „Structure and problems of dance education and contemporary Czech dance community“ in the scope of 3 pages.

Other requirements: 100% attendance, activity in classroom.

Note

Distance contact will be provided:

• by phone, email, video calls
• via a group platform for communication between students (social networks, internet, apps,

moodle, etc.)

Independent work of the student within the contactless learning consists of:

• application of specific methodological knowledge based on the topics covered in their own pedagogical practice
• training of teaching in verbal expression, musical assignment, demonstration, professional correction
• making recordings and notes of the lesson for subsequent discussion
• scoring analysis of a lesson prepared for credit and evaluation of its effectiveness
• searching for and collecting professional information from recommended and other literature related to the topics discussed in the third semester, sharing this knowledge and confronting it with the teacher and with other students in contact teaching
• preparation of a report on one topic from the topic "Structure and problems of dance education and contemporary Czech dance community in the scope of 3 NS (one of the state exam topics)

Further information

No schedule has been prepared for this course

The subject is a part of the following study plans

• Dance Pedagogy (BA - part time) Modern and Contemporary Dance (Required main subjects)