Review of literature

First book - Teachers under pressure by Cheryl Travers and Cary Coop

Very helpful and relevant as it was about teacher stress in the school enviroment. There were details of what may cause stress right through to ways of preventing it. A data collection enquiry was carried out gathering information from 5000 teachers nation wide across the UK with help from a leading educational company allowing access to other evidence. There were examples of questionnaires that were used to carry out the research and also showed the outcome. For me this was great as I can use this as evidence when writting about my enquiry even though this was on a much bigger scale. The examples of data collection with in the book helps as this is apart of the module later on so it may help me with ideas on perhaps questions to ask or even how to lay out my questionaire.

Book 2. Dance and age inclusive practice by Ruth Pethybridge

This book was helpful but not as much as the first one. They concentrated a lot on adults taking community dance classes where as my enquiry is based on the younger generation. Although, I took away things I havnt considered before related to teaching in the community and the importance it can have with the outcomes and the affect it can have on the kids. Again useful for my enquiry because these are things that I can compare to a school setting as they may have different points of intergrated importance compared to community teaching. Reflection on your own teaching becomes easier when you consider the these points that relate to teaching in different enviroments.

This book is also apart of a series of books part of 'a foundation for community dance' it would be interesting to read more books in the cluster.