Anthea Garratt

It would be interesting to hear about people’s day to day activity within their teaching roles. It’s quite refreshing to be part of this community, being able to share our work and ideas in such a constructive way.  My areas of teaching cover two CDET accredited vocational dance/musical theatre based schools, teaching post-16 students who are working towards the Trinity Professional Diploma (level 6). I also work with younger people on a monthly basis who attend an associates programme at one of the said schools and have most recently taken on a small amount of teaching at a pre-vocational dance school. The age groups I work with during my week range from 9yrs to 23yrs. This experience allows me ample opportunity to identify and embrace possible areas of study in relation to the MAPP programme. At present I am trying to read as much theory as possible to encourage thought and motivation in order to write my blogs and plan ahead towards Module 1 and RPL. I feel slightly pre...

This evening’s Skype has guided me to a deeper understanding of the course to date and  RPL/ Module one seem clearer to grasp.  Without elaborating too much, my intention is to reflect and offer people the opportunity to comment, or simply to ask if they identify with anything. The first task of my day, was to familiarise myself with blogging, something I’ve tried to learn independently over the last three days. Youtube guided me through the final stages and I’m hoping this link will be of assistance to anyone who may be new to blogging like me.  https://youtu.be/U2QvwgaECps  In anticipation of the Skype this evening, RPL has been entering my thoughts all day. The challenge of developing my academic vocabulary in writing and speaking to this level (having leaped from a Cert Ed) is pretty daunting. However, I’m hoping my experience, creative experiental learning and emotional intelligence will prove to me that my decision to embark upon an MA is worth...