{"id":5,"date":"2018-04-09T21:57:44","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T21:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/programs.coe.hawaii.edu\/secondary\/portfolios\/blythecs\/teaching-philosophy\/"},"modified":"2019-05-15T04:44:22","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T04:44:22","slug":"teaching-philosophy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/programs.coe.hawaii.edu\/secondary\/portfolios\/blythecs\/teaching-philosophy\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Philosophy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cFinally, believe in what you are doing. This is where your depth of feeling, your seriousness, comes through. The magic of the dance room, the ritual of exercises, the unity of many bodies\u2026these things are powerful and reach people on a different level. \u00a0Children feel this and come to know their own rich source of dance within.\u201d (Joyce, 8)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

My Teaching Philosophy<\/strong> is an ever-evolving document, and the latest version can be found HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Since m<\/span>y professional background includes student coaching and life coaching as well as dancing, I have learned that good teachers (and good leaders in any field) are also coaches. \u00a0Therefore, my teaching values for dance instruction go hand-in-hand with my understanding of how coaches and teachers act as catalysts, helping to actualize the potential of those with whom they work, their primary role being to create the conditions necessary for learning. \u00a0I believe these necessary conditions are:<\/span><\/p>\n