To equip dance instructors with key ideas to the art and science of teaching dance, the NAC has partnered with LASALLE College of the Arts to deliver a 40-hour art form pedagogical course specifically for dance instructors to equip the participants with principles and concepts that are applicable to a wide spectrum of dance genres. The course covers these topics:
a) Goal Setting for Teaching and Learning
b) Course Planning
c) Summative Assessment
d) Individual Lesson Plan
e) Formative Assessment and Evidence
f) Practice Teaching
g) Exercise Physiology
h) Safe Learning Environment and Injury Prevention
i) Creating a Motivational Climate (Language in the Studio)
j) Styles of Learning
k) Student Profiles
l) Classroom Management
m) Space Organisation and Teaching Styles
n) Contribution of sound in the classroom: What music works for which steps
o) Voice in class to activate students
p) Live Instrument
q) Exercise/ Movement Modification and Conditioning
r) Practice Teaching
s) Further Teaching Artist Applications