Module 3

As the term is already (!!!) just over 1 week in, I feel like this is a good time to reflect on module two (the stress that that was), and the impending stresses of module three. 

It's safe to say that me and module two weren't the best of friends and I really struggled to put pen to paper and come up with a proposal for module three. Two MORE forms, and a redesigned proposal later and we finally got to a place, that, I think, I'm happy with. My module three focus has shifted to a new perspective, where I am now looking at how other teachers view supplementary training in regards to what they think this means in relation to the RAD Intermediate Ballet syllabus. Rather than using my own students as 'test subjects' as to whether the incorporation of supplementary training 'works'. After a week of extra research surrounding the topic of supplementary training I am keen to see what other teachers think supplementary training involves and how and if they use it when they are teaching. 

To all my other MAPP colleagues, whether you are beginning your journey or coming to the end, I wish you all the luck and academic knowledge in the world for this term. We got this! 

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  1. Lorraine BennettSeptember 24, 2021 at 3:30 PM

    Hi Sheahan, as a teacher I thought I would pipe in here. I taught RAD Intermediate for 25 years, am now ISTD. From the syllabus when it was a little blue book, proceeding to a thick book filled with training exercises. Each year there seemed to be fashionable supplementary training exercises, some achievable in the ballet class, others not, and most that ran out of favour. They all required time however. Time is something that children have less and less of today.

    School used to run 6.5 hours a day. Now there are early morning or afternoon clubs, compulsory after school or evening events, school run extra-curricular activities and camps that students feel obliged to attend.

    So I've almost given up on the supplementary training. We religiously take our rises at the end of each barre but even limbering is on the back burner most days, there is simply too much work to get through. I admire teachers who are able to achieve more. The majority of my students also attend modern and jazz classes, some do tap as well, and performance groups are popular where we take our dance to another level. It's a constant juggle - I very much look forward to hearing more about your research. Good luck (and congrats for surviving module 2 - which is where I’m at).

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