Cognitivism in Dance Teaching We often treat dance as purely physical: “Do it again, follow the lead, don’t think!” But what if the thinking is the very thing that helps the moving? When your students not only copy but process, remember, and make sense of movement,...
Letting Students Build Their Own Learning Most dance teachers start class the same way: we stand at the front, demonstrate, correct, and repeat. It works – our dancers learn the steps. But what if real growth happened when we didn’t show them exactly what to do?...
The Pros and Cons of Behaviourism in Your Dance Classes Picture this – you are in a dance class, a teacher stands at the front and shows you the first count of 8. You copy, you do it again, you try it with the music. You carry on like this until you have a whole...
