4370 a teaching moment
Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 12:07:49 -0400
From: jackie ling wong <jackie.wong@adelphia.net>
Subject: [Tango-L] a teaching moment
To: tango-l@mit.edu
okay... i would like to start a thread of teaching moments... when
the light bulb goes off... innovative thoughts that can help teachers
help their students
for example
we have a student in her 60s who was leaning back in the upper body
which caused her to arch her back. as a consequence she couldn't
walk backwards properly...(arched back results in a shorter step
back) then i realized that she was wearing bifocals... so she was
tilting her head back so she could focus... the solution was
simple... she chose to take her glasses off when dancing.
i think the same applies for the bifocal contact lenses....then
closing the eyes would probably be better.
more to come...but i would love to hear about your teaching ahas!
jackie
www.tangopulse.net
Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2006 12:28:27 -0400
From: mallpasso@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] a teaching moment
To: jackie.wong@adelphia.net, tango-l@mit.edu
Hmm... did/does she also dance ballroom? They also arch their backs.
El Bandido de Tango
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 12:07:49 -0400
Subject: [Tango-L] a teaching moment
okay... i would like to start a thread of teaching moments... when
the light bulb goes off... innovative thoughts that can help teachers
help their students
for example
we have a student in her 60s who was leaning back in the upper body
which caused her to arch her back. as a consequence she couldn't
walk backwards properly...(arched back results in a shorter step
back) then i realized that she was wearing bifocals... so she was
tilting her head back so she could focus... the solution was
simple... she chose to take her glasses off when dancing.
i think the same applies for the bifocal contact lenses....then
closing the eyes would probably be better.
more to come...but i would love to hear about your teaching ahas!
jackie
www.tangopulse.net
Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 12:39:33 -0400
From: jackie ling wong <jackie.wong@adelphia.net>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] a teaching moment
To: tango-l@mit.edu
good point but no.. taking the glasses off solved the problem...
jackie
On Jun 4, 2006, at 12:28 PM, mallpasso@aol.com wrote:
Hmm... did/does she also dance ballroom? They also arch their backs.
El Bandido de Tango
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 12:07:49 -0400
Subject: [Tango-L] a teaching moment
okay... i would like to start a thread of teaching moments... when
the light bulb goes off... innovative thoughts that can help
teachers help their students for example we have a student in her
60s who was leaning back in the upper body which caused her to arch
her back. as a consequence she couldn't walk backwards properly...
(arched back results in a shorter step back) then i realized that
she was wearing bifocals... so she was tilting her head back so she
could focus... the solution was simple... she chose to take her
glasses off when dancing. i think the same applies for the bifocal
contact lenses....then closing the eyes would probably be better.
more to come...but i would love to hear about your teaching ahas!
listinfo/tango-l
Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 20:14:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Trini y Sean \(PATangoS\)" <patangos@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] a teaching moment
I had a teaching moment that happened a couple of
months after I had started teaching tango. Several
weeks into a beginners class, I was working with a
student and she suddenly said "Now I feel like I am
dancing!"
That comment made me change my approach to teaching.
It is still something I keep in mind every time I
teach a new class, even though I do not recall what I
was teaching at the time.
Trini de Pittsburgh
--- jackie ling wong <jackie.wong@adelphia.net> wrote:
> okay... i would like to start a thread of teaching
> moments... when
> the light bulb goes off... innovative thoughts that
> can help teachers
> help their students
>
PATangoS - Pittsburgh Argentine Tango Society
Our Mission: To make Argentine Tango Pittsburgh's most popular social dance.
https://www.pitt.edu/~mcph/PATangoWeb.htm
Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 16:26:56 +0000
From: "Jay Rabe" <jayrabe@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] a teaching moment
Trini,
Unfortunate that you couldn't remember what you were teaching that
prompted the awakening, but can you tell us how you 'changed your approach
to teaching'?
J
www.TangoMoments.com
----Original Message Follows----
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 18:55 +0100 (BST)
From: "Chris, UK" <tl2@chrisjj.com>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] a teaching moment
Cc: tl2@chrisjj.com
Jackie Wong wrote:
> we have a student ... she was wearing bifocals... so she was
> tilting her head back so she could focus...
Focus on what?
Chris
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 19:34:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Trini y Sean \(PATangoS\)" <patangos@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] a teaching moment
Hi Jay,
At the time, my only exposure to teaching beginners
was by using the 8-count basic and your typical salon
vocabulary. This was what all of the visiting
professionals had taught in their workshops for
novices. I also knew next to nothing about the music.
I had already begun trying not to teach patterns and
to focus on movement, but I had not yet seen different
ways of teaching complete novices.
It was soon afterwards that I met Susana Miller,
Robert Hauk, and Tom Stermitz.
Trini
--- Jay Rabe <jayrabe@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Trini,
>
> Unfortunate that you couldn't remember what you
> were teaching that
> prompted the awakening, but can you tell us how you
> 'changed your approach
> to teaching'?
>
> J
> www.TangoMoments.com
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Trini y Sean (PATangoS)" <patangos@yahoo.com>
>
> I had a teaching moment that happened a couple of
> months after I had started teaching tango. Several
> weeks into a beginners class, I was working with a
> student and she suddenly said "Now I feel like I am
> dancing!"
>
> That comment made me change my approach to teaching.
> It is still something I keep in mind every time I
> teach a new class, even though I do not recall what
> I
> was teaching at the time.
>
> Trini de Pittsburgh
>
>
> --- jackie ling wong <jackie.wong@adelphia.net>
> wrote:
>
> > okay... i would like to start a thread of
> teaching
> > moments... when
> > the light bulb goes off... innovative thoughts
> that
> > can help teachers
> > help their students
> >
>
>
> PATangoS - Pittsburgh Argentine Tango Society
> Our Mission: To make Argentine Tango Pittsburgh's
> most popular social dance.
> https://www.pitt.edu/~mcph/PATangoWeb.htm
>
>
> protection around
>
>
>
PATangoS - Pittsburgh Argentine Tango Society
Our Mission: To make Argentine Tango Pittsburgh's most popular social dance.
https://www.pitt.edu/~mcph/PATangoWeb.htm
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 07:47:10 -0400
From: "Jennifer Park" <jhapark@pennswoods.net>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] a teaching moment
To: "Trini y Sean \(PATangoS\)" <patangos@yahoo.com>,
One time when I was teaching a student, she burst out crying and hugged me.
All I could think was "What did I do?" (wrong, if you know what I mean). I
really didn't have much experience either so it wasn't like I had grand
knowledge to purport. She said she could feel the music and felt like she
was really dancing and understanding it for a change. I wasn't dancing to
patterns; I had merely played a few songs and asked her to pick the one she
liked most and that was the one we danced to.
I wish too I could say what I did but I still shrug my shoulders. I'm not
any hotshot at all either. Haven't been to BA... but I am actually at US
declared poverty level income for a family of three. Would jump at the
chance for a trip to Tango Mecca if could finance it. ...So if Derik would
like to set up a donation fund for "the grand enlightment of a US woman
tango dancer who leads too much", I'd welcome it. BTW, I lead because it
is "fun" and too since where I live the most likely and closest (within an
hour+ drive) dance partners I'd have would be the cows next door, I dance
most with my daughter, who is 11, and who never hesitates to tell me when
I'm leading badly, off music, and the like. I think 11 year olds might have
more sense of these things than most adults...
One must adapt to what one has and make the best of it.
Jen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Trini y Sean (PATangoS)" <patangos@yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 10:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] a teaching moment
> Hi Jay,
>
> At the time, my only exposure to teaching beginners
> was by using the 8-count basic and your typical salon
> vocabulary. This was what all of the visiting
> professionals had taught in their workshops for
> novices. I also knew next to nothing about the music.
> I had already begun trying not to teach patterns and
> to focus on movement, but I had not yet seen different
> ways of teaching complete novices.
>
> It was soon afterwards that I met Susana Miller,
> Robert Hauk, and Tom Stermitz.
>
> Trini
>
>
> --- Jay Rabe <jayrabe@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Trini,
>>
>> Unfortunate that you couldn't remember what you
>> were teaching that
>> prompted the awakening, but can you tell us how you
>> 'changed your approach
>> to teaching'?
>>
>> J
>> www.TangoMoments.com
>>
>>
>> ----Original Message Follows----
>> From: "Trini y Sean (PATangoS)" <patangos@yahoo.com>
>>
>> I had a teaching moment that happened a couple of
>> months after I had started teaching tango. Several
>> weeks into a beginners class, I was working with a
>> student and she suddenly said "Now I feel like I am
>> dancing!"
>>
>> That comment made me change my approach to teaching.
>> It is still something I keep in mind every time I
>> teach a new class, even though I do not recall what
>> I
>> was teaching at the time.
>>
>> Trini de Pittsburgh
>>
>>
>> --- jackie ling wong <jackie.wong@adelphia.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > okay... i would like to start a thread of
>> teaching
>> > moments... when
>> > the light bulb goes off... innovative thoughts
>> that
>> > can help teachers
>> > help their students
>> >
>>
>>
>> PATangoS - Pittsburgh Argentine Tango Society
>> Our Mission: To make Argentine Tango Pittsburgh's
>> most popular social dance.
>> https://www.pitt.edu/~mcph/PATangoWeb.htm
>>
>>
>> protection around
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> PATangoS - Pittsburgh Argentine Tango Society
> Our Mission: To make Argentine Tango Pittsburgh's most popular social
> dance.
> https://www.pitt.edu/~mcph/PATangoWeb.htm
>
>
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 11:09:56 -0500
From: "Lois Donnay" <donnay@donnay.net>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] a teaching moment
Teaching tango is so rewarding that sometimes I feel I should be paying my
students rather than the other way around. Numerous times I have been moved
to tears when I see my whole class dancing so well and with such joy. Or
when I look at a local milonga and see my students. I have often been hugged
and thanked with so much zeal - it could make me a little arrogant, until I
remember....it's not me. It's tango.
So this inspires me - next class I'm going to thank my students for all they
have done to make me so proud.
Lois Donnay
Minneapolis, MN
> -----Original Message-----
> [mailto:tango-l-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of Jennifer Park
> Subject: Re: [Tango-L] a teaching moment
>
> One time when I was teaching a student, she burst out crying
> and hugged me.
