Post Interview Field Notes
General recurring elements: - There seems to be a generalized idea that empathy + acknowledging students are some of the most important things a teacher can do. - Dancers feel like the human connection is the best thing a teacher can give them. (This was the overall number one thing that stuck with them the most...). - Having long-term goals is one of the most important things (psychologically) for dance injury management. - Men seem to prefer a more competitive learning environment than women. When I first approached the book Decolonizing Methodologies , I truly struggled to understand the connection with my work/research/MA...it made no sense to me. But one sentence resonated with me...and that was along the lines of 'understanding our responsibility as a researcher'. We can't go, ask people to share parts of their lives, leave...and expect that nothing has changed in them, and in us. Something DID. I took it as my 'mission', in this fieldwo...