My Teaching Philosophy
― Aristotle
- Learning is a continual, lifelong ritual of evaluation and re-evaluation. Every experience we have leads us to frame our next encounter in a different way. As time is a continuum, so is our life’s experience. Seemingly repetitive events, with the right approach, can be experienced for the first time, every time. This is so important in the performing arts.
- The playing of a piece of music, or the performance of a play, monologue, or dance is both tangible and intangible. Existing only for the period that it is performed, an artist strives to breathe new life into their performance with every presentation. For no two performances can ever be the same. With this concept I hope to inspire my students.
- The performing arts curriculum helps students toward a greater understanding of the human experience.
- We teach each other. The title of teacher in a classroom setting should be changed to the title of learning guide. I endeavour to learn as much from my students as they from me.
- Though we place great stock in acquired knowledge and experience, I am continually inspired by the creative solutions of young students. There is something intrinsically valuable about the fragility of youth, its innocence, and its honesty.
