The Additional Qualification course in Alternative Education is a comprehensive exploration of the “”other”” educational tradition, the one evolving alongside and in tension with standardization. By the end of this course, learners will advance skills that can support a variety of alternative practices in alternative and mainstream settings. They will evolve professional insight and strategies …
Identification and analysis of instructional strategies to meet the diverse needs of students; study of cognitive processes, problem-solving, and the total range of the learner’s capacity to assimilate knowledge and to interpret the results of reasoning in applied settings; review of current research in the discipline. Please visit website for additional information.
What is Dance Education? Why is it important? What does an effective Dance Education program look like in an Ontario classroom? Dance Part 1 will focus on the fundamentals of Dance Education in elementary and secondary schools through theoretical and practical applications. The Elements of Dance and dance conventions (such as rhythm and movement) will …
Movement and rhythm are essential dance conventions, and the heart and soul of all cultures. Dance Part 2 builds upon the foundation set in Part 1 to extend candidates skills and knowledge on Dance Education pedagogical practices to build instructional and evaluative practices to help students 1) develop their own aesthetic criteria through the creative …
Leadership in Dance Education at the system-level will be the backdrop for the Dance Part 3, Specialist course. Candidates will further extend skills and knowledge from Parts 1 and 2, while examining how to effectively share pedagogical practices with other educators in rich and meaningful ways. This is an onsite course meaning that while the …
