lizaj
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The first level is a 16h intensive course without any prerequisite (in theory you don't even need to know how to dance). Usually you become a teacher assistant at this level, not a "complete teacher".
This might be one way: an apprenticeship with an experienced and successful teacher. The Jane Eyre system but less chalk
But on another tack, I fear that teacher training schemes may be a straightjacket of technique/style. It is difficult to assess except on a rigid set of standards so how do we get past the fact that this is not a dance of rigid standards.
Would it be better if the teaching part as the business part were taught by professionals in the fields of education,business administration just as we expect to be taught First Response by St Johns or the Red Cross? How would this be possible?
Are umbrella schmes of belly dance teacher training possible without the imput of people with certain skills other than technique.
Or conversely is technique the only thing that matters and the rest will just happen as a matter of course?:think:
This might be one way: an apprenticeship with an experienced and successful teacher. The Jane Eyre system but less chalk
But on another tack, I fear that teacher training schemes may be a straightjacket of technique/style. It is difficult to assess except on a rigid set of standards so how do we get past the fact that this is not a dance of rigid standards.
Would it be better if the teaching part as the business part were taught by professionals in the fields of education,business administration just as we expect to be taught First Response by St Johns or the Red Cross? How would this be possible?
Are umbrella schmes of belly dance teacher training possible without the imput of people with certain skills other than technique.
Or conversely is technique the only thing that matters and the rest will just happen as a matter of course?:think: