First of all, I'd like to apologise for not posting for so long!
I've had an absolute nightmare with the Project Planning and Development unit, resulting in me having to start it afresh this semester.
As a last minute decision I decided to take a long break in the summer and did some bar work in Zante, during my time there, I reflected on the last year of my degree work, but more specifically about this unit.
I am a big believer that everything happens for a reason, and took what positives I could from my failure to complete the project last semester. Looking back, I didnt seem to be able to stick to a strong idea, and have also since then, changed my employment.
I am now a teaching assistant working specifically with secondary school aged children with physical disabilities, chronic diseases and learning difficulties. At the school that I am working at, they run a wheelchair basket ball club, where a significant of able bodied children join in with the disabled ones.
I thought about the after school dance club, attended exclusively by able bodied children and considered what I would do if for example, a wheelchair bound child came along to the club. I concluded that I would admittedly struggle on an inclusion basis to cater for everybodys needs and am considering setting up a dance club for wheelchair users and children with other disabilities or difficulties.
Im still not really sure where I am going with this idea and am finding it hard to home in on a more specific angle/ research question. At the moment I just know that with working in an environment where I am constantly surrounded by children with disabilites and learning difficulties, and my passion for teaching dance, my research should perhaps be based on inclusive dance. This would not only give me a better insight to inclusive teaching methods, but would also benefit a number of young children. I am currently unaware of any other dance classes offered to disabled pupils in Staffordshire, and would therefore perhaps be one of the first to offer this.
Your thoughts and ideas would be much appreciated!
Hope you have all had a lovely summer!
