Artefact...

Since finishing my first draft for my critical review I have been thinking about and planning and changing my mind about my artefact.

It has been stressful and one of the many times on this course where I have felt out of my depth and like I dont really know what I am meant to be doing.

Through all of this I came up with and started drafting a few options,

1. I started planning a workshop that would bring learning disabled and mainstream dancers together. This was something that came out of conversations on the blog about how to approach inclusivity, whilst maintaining high teaching standards for all students, the thoughts being that with some pre-teaching for each group of dancers to almost set the foundations and then allow them to come together in a more productive and even environment.
Although I thought this was a good idea, I found myself feeling that this was an idea that only looked at one aspect of my finding, it didn't go into detail about the benefits I had seem for learning disabled dancers and how to go about achieving them, and this was the main goal of my inquiry. I really want to take the opportunity to share this. A workshop plan I think may have limited appeal to others and doesnt express enough of my findings.

2. My second idea was a set of 6 lesson plans. This idea came out of the fact that I have been offered the opportunity to create a new dance class specifically for adults with learning disabilities and so this would benefit me professionally and in terms of the course. However again I feel this would have limited appeal in terms of communicating with my professional audience... although lesson plans might be something that another teacher might read, I don't think it would have a huge amount of influence on other teachers thinking, and I don't believe that we would copy a lesson plan point for point and so is it going to appeal to my professional audience?

3. My final idea was some literature in the form of a leaflet/ booklet that tell the reader the things I have discovered from my inquiry into the benefits of dance for adults with learning disabilities and how to go about achieving this. The audience would be other teachers, and the aim would be to get teachers thinking about how to work with this client group in the hope of increasing other dance teacher confidence in perhaps trying to provide classes for learning disabled adults.
My inquiry showed that there are benefits for adults with learning disability, but also highlighted limited opportunities and teacher apprehension, perhaps by sharing my findings in an accessible and condensed format might help people to feel a little more encouraged??
It would cover areas such as...
- Why teachers should consider expanding their practice into this area.
- The class atmosphere they need to provide
- An example of a successful class structure
- How to approach praise and disciplin
- The benefits and how to set goals
- Some example exercises/ lesson plan (maybe even incorporate the workshop idea)

At the moment Option 3 is the one I am working on, it has evolved slightly into a small website (I was struggling to find a way to print the booklet in a professional looking way)

What do people think??
Would having more advice, information and encouragement make you consider teaching a new client group such as learning disability??
Is this a good way to present my finding to my professional audience of other teachers??
Booklet or website??

My thinking on these questions change, I think its a bit of a crisis of confidence.... would be interesting to see what you guys on the bapp blog think?

Hows everyone else getting on with drafting and artefacts??