Charlotte Davis

 So, let's try and see if we can eloquently convey the outcome of the discussion.  Information, Learning and Knowledge. What's the difference? When do they happen? Well after listening to everyone and inputting my own thoughts on the matter, I've come up with this.....for the moment. I believe that we receive information as the learner, we digest that information through the "filter of our own experience" (as quoted by Christopher Moore in the discussion) and the knowledge is then the  "factual information" (as quoted by Leroy in the discussion) and the way in which we transfer this to the next learner and the different vocabulary that we use to communicate this. I feel the learning never stops as we discover new ways of sharing this information and adapting it to the next learner's own individual filter of experience. The internal cognitive process is the internal "filter of our own experience". For example, if I was to ask a student t...

 Well my mind is blown again, as it seems to be after each discussion that I join in with or page that I read.  It's that weird cross over between "this makes so much sense" and completely falls back down the other side of the hill into "oh wow this has opened a whole new load of questions". I completely felt for Adam when he was discussing his practice and role of identity. I remember being with a friend who was still performing and someone called her 'the singer/dancer' and not me and it physically hurt to not be recognised as that. That's who I was, it's who I am, I'm the performer. I felt that identity loss even after it was my own choice and decision to move from that into teaching, so I can't imagine how you must feel with the decision being taken away from you. It's just a pause and you will be soon be back doing what you love again and being who you are. I also loved what Ben was talking about in terms of the one to one tutori...

 Today has been an interesting day in which "things are starting to click into place." After watching the TED Talk suggested on Helen's blog, it got me thinking about a journaling moment of realisation I'd had with a student and her lack of interaction or connection with my sharing of an experience which in turn I believe also knowledge. After the incident I felt that I'd overshared because I felt vulnerable and it didn't have the desired affect on each and every student in the class that I longed for. However, after the talk by Brene Brown, I realised this is completely a process that we go through to form those very connections that we are looking to make. We have to be vulnerable and open to enable the connections to become real and the work to be created in a trusted environment. Our students will only push past their comfort zones and self made barriers of creativity when we show them the way. I also took the below quote from Jennifer Moon's research ...

Hello everyone, I'm Charlotte Davis and I currently work at the School of Ballet Theatre UK in the Jazz Faculty along with heading up the Level 3 Foundation Academic subjects.  I am chat with you all and to share our knowledge, experiences and ideas for our work moving forwards. I've just attended the first zoom meet up and I am feeling much more settled knowing that everyone is feeling just as petrified as I am about what we have decided to undertake, with attempting a Masters degree in a pandemic. This course encompasses my goals to look inside myself and to see how I can improve and what each lesson in life is showing me.  I ardently await to incorporate the findings of my work into my professional life, to not only make me a more competent teacher but also a more advantageous human being.