Wednesday 17 December 2014

Task 6.C Rationale



This inquiry will be conducted within a mixed gender secondary school which has recently received ‘academy status’ and is situated within the Runcorn area. The school has been judged as ‘outstanding’ by OFSTED in 2010.  They are a National Teaching School and a STEM Centre of Excellence.

The investigation will focus on students who study dance at GCSE level. After conversations with the Arts teachers I will be targeting individual students who are studying unit 4A of the GCSE specification, I will be seeking out information on how a real life experience can act as a form of stimulus and influence or support the choreographic process. Working with students in this way will provide behaviour management strategies, enabling the students to channel negative energy into creativity.

This line of inquiry may benefit the student’s physical and mental development, hopefully raising the quality of their work through ownership of learning. I hope to develop teaching styles that can be used in all subjects. This will hopefully raise levels of engagement which will impact the students overall achievement, befitting not only the students but the school as a whole.

By conducting this piece of research I hope to enhance my own professional development as a teacher. This will also have an impact on fellow colleagues within the arts departments, by raising awareness to those particular students in need.


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