Learning Strategies

1. Reflection/Self-Observation

With guidance, students learn how to learn step-by-step, gradually, and building to proficiency. Students are presented with multiple processes for reflection and self-observation, both in class and in the weekly assignment writing prompts.

An often-employed device, termed "Exhibit A/Exhibit B," invites the student to first engage in an activity as they normally would in everyday life. That’s Exhibit A. The experience is described/defined verbally. In Exhibit B, the student applies Alexander Technique thinking to the same activity, followed by a precise description of the second Exhibit. This allows for a procedure that can be repeated, in different settings and activities, by a student working on themselves without the help of an Alexander Technique teacher.

2. Experiential Learning

Students move, converse, try out new ways of engaging with daily life activities and/or the specific requirements for their art forms. They also learn by observing others, both the instructor as they model optimal use, and the learning processes of their peers. Conversation, experimentation and exploration are experienced in the community.