http://mieatnec.org/blog/2006/10/an-update-from-paul-burdicks-performance-outreach-class/ News and Stories from Artist-Teacher-Scholars Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:41:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://mieatnec.org/blog/2006/10/an-update-from-paul-burdicks-performance-outreach-class/comment-page-1/#comment-34 marissa Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:56:58 +0000 http://mieatnec.org/blog/2006/10/17/an-update-from-paul-burdicks-performance-outreach-class/#comment-34 I took this class last year in the Fall semester of 2005. I thought that its focus on the artist as a teacher was very interesting. This was actually the first class I ever took in the MIE Program. Our class also worked with poetry before anything else. This helped me to see the concept from a different point of view. By starting with an art form we were all less familiar with, we were able to analyze the process of how we learned. It's true that we should all be experts by now, having been students of many kinds and for many years, but how often does one really take the time to closely look at that process? The peotry was a hands-on way to reflect on areas we may have been struggling with as non-experienced learners. I think it was important to go through that feeling of not having a clue in some cases. If we can pinpoint where the difficulties are, better strategies for solving and working through those obstacles will be discovered by the time we need to teach a similar skill to others. I took this class last year in the Fall semester of 2005. I thought that its focus on the artist as a teacher was very interesting. This was actually the first class I ever took in the MIE Program. Our class also worked with poetry before anything else. This helped me to see the concept from a different point of view. By starting with an art form we were all less familiar with, we were able to analyze the process of how we learned. It’s true that we should all be experts by now, having been students of many kinds and for many years, but how often does one really take the time to closely look at that process? The peotry was a hands-on way to reflect on areas we may have been struggling with as non-experienced learners. I think it was important to go through that feeling of not having a clue in some cases. If we can pinpoint where the difficulties are, better strategies for solving and working through those obstacles will be discovered by the time we need to teach a similar skill to others.

]]> http://mieatnec.org/blog/2006/10/an-update-from-paul-burdicks-performance-outreach-class/comment-page-1/#comment-6 randy Fri, 20 Oct 2006 00:28:49 +0000 http://mieatnec.org/blog/2006/10/17/an-update-from-paul-burdicks-performance-outreach-class/#comment-6 I like the idea of the African dance class -- sounds very process-oriented. Sounds a bit like what classes are like here at NEC! What kind of programs will your class be presenting at the Center? Did you get any new ideas about how teaching artists can function in community arts centers? I like the idea of the African dance class — sounds very process-oriented. Sounds a bit like what classes are like here at NEC! What kind of programs will your class be presenting at the Center? Did you get any new ideas about how teaching artists can function in community arts centers?

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