Dance education to me would have a wide reaching meaning, to me it is anyone who educates people in dance, whether that is tap, ballet, jazz, gcse, whether you are teaching adults or children or those with special needs.
freedictionary.com defines an "educator" as
"one trained in teaching, a teacher"
"A specialist in the theory and practice of education and
an administrator of a school or an educational institution."
Which is where the difficulty lies, "Dance Education" has connotations of schools and academic teaching and although this is what I had always considered that my award title would be this is not my area of expertise. I am interested in teaching dance in many ways to different people, I'm interested in the benefits of dance and the ways in which we can use it other than obvious performance and recreation and this is why I wanted to use this title, I wanted to educate everybody in dance for lots of reasons. However I now understand that it may mislead people into thinking I have vast knowledge where I do not, as my experience within schools is only just beginning.
For this reason I have thought of the one single and simple thing all my areas have in common and that is simply Dance. Everything I am interested in has its foundation in my initial dance training and how I can use that to achieve other things and therefore I think my award title can only be,
BA (Hons) Professional Practice - Dance.
Is it too simple? Do I need to specialise more?
Any thoughts?
You are right to consider this carefully. Education is a huge body of knowledge itself and you need to understand what this means. Dance Teaching is another aspect - it all depends on where you see your future project and career trajectory. Dance implies a deep knowledge of that discipline - all your thought processes are good and it's well to consider all angles and work out a clear ratiionale
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