Jen Cooper - BA Professional Practice Blog

Today's skype call had a lovely flow where all participants added and built on the conversation.  It was so interesting to hear different view points and thoughts. One part of the call was on questions. Question words, question what my practice means to me, question the meaning behind something to understand and gain knowledge. I absolutely love the idea that we question to find out more not to find out answers. What we know is always changing therefore we have to keep questioning to remain up to date.  If we weren't constantly questioning how would things change? How would we develop in our practice?  Whether its me questioning others or others questioning and challenging me this is a key component of continuous learning which in turn is part of growth, development and evolution. We are born curious, with a thirst for knowledge.  The average child asks 73 questions a day*.  These questions play an important role in the Childs cognitive development. It's how they learn, a n

The induction skype on Friday was very inciteful -  listening to those starting on modules 2 & 3 and hearing their tips for those of us at the beginning of this journey on module 1.  Something that was repeated a few times was the importance of blogging.  Post on your own blog regularly, read fellow BAPP blogs and comment on others posts.  The importance of the handbook was another take away that stood out.  I fully intend on structuring reading time with the handbook and repeat reading over the coming weeks to give me the best possible understanding of what's ahead.  I'm now really looking forward to the process of delving into my practice. To question and to reflect and to better understand and develop as a practitioner of dance. 

  Nervous, excited and ready to get stuck in!  After deferring my place on the course due to Covid-19 and with my 3 children all back to school I am raring to go with the BAPP.  My one to one with Adesola was so helpful and I'm feeling a lot more confident and ready to see where this first module takes me.  Can't wait to start my journey!