Dancing Classrooms

We learn a lot of methods to teach globalization, to institute tolerance, respect, politeness in the classes. And I think that they are so many ways to teach these topics. I am particularly interested in a project that a dancer and dancing teacher has developed. This is the reason why I have chosen to introduce it in a few sentences and with videos.

Pierre Dulaine has developped a dancing philosophy method. It includes lots useful core concepts for children. First, there is the respect and the compassion. It means that everyone learns to respect his/her dancing partner and how to be a Lady and a Gentleman, it also encourages children to respect themselves. The second topic is called being present. In every teaching, the teacher has to be completely in the moment, pupils can feel if their teacher is not at 100% concentrated on what he/she is doing. Being present is also a part of the behaviour of each person, and about what everyone feel.
Thirdly, creating a safe place is a hard work with children. This is one of the main point of the dancing classrooms. The pupils could be embarrassed at first  and the teacher must help the children to feel secure and equal to everyone. Finally, there is also the language with the body and the language verbal  that are great connectors in dancing classrooms. I would end my introduction with this quote:
"Dancing Classrooms is not about teaching ballroom dancing. The dance is a tool for getting the children to break down social barriers, learn about honor and respect, treat others carefully, improve self-confidence, communicate and cooperate, and accept others even if they are different."

For more information about the Dancing Classrooms:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Dulaine#The_Dulaine_Method:_Changing_Lives_Through_Dance


Here is the link for the video of Dancing Classrooms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-hQfoIRO88

There is also a movie inspired on the Dancing Classrooms of Pierre Dulaine

Hi, I'm Fiona, an international student from Switzerland. I've chosen to come in Denmark to know a new country, a new culture and to meet people from all over the world.
My University in Switzerland propose to make an Erasmus. I didn't want to miss an opportunity like this because I think it is important to be open to others, to learn to live with another culture, and simply share such experiences. By making a stay as it, we learn a lot of things about ourselves, about others, about the world in which we live. We can also understand things of life in an other way and this is really enriching. If such opportunities arise, we should just take them for our experiences of life!

Three years ago, I started working as a ski instructor and at this moment, I realized that I wanted to be a teacher. Indeed, I really like working with kids and learn them what I know, share with them experiences, teach them the important things of the life and how to be someone. I'm actually in my second year of pedagogy studies and I still really like this. In Switzerland, we have the chance to have a lot of teaching practice and I think it's the best way to learn the teaching profession and put the theory learned into practice.

In this blog, I will talk about my future role as a teacher and about the globalization, these two concepts are indeed related. In fact, the world is developing and we have to face this evolution. As a teacher, we are facing professional challenges and this blog will show how we can face these challenges. You will be able to see what is my views on globalization and its surroundings.

Before browsing my blog, here is my definition of globalization:

Globalization is the sharing of different cultures, it is the integration within an environment but also the evolution of these different cultures and ways we use to adapt to the world around us.