Copy and paste from the following data to produce each assessment task. Write these in plain English and spell out how, when and where the task is to be carried out, under what conditions, and what resources are needed. Include guidelines about how well the candidate has to perform a task for it to be judged satisfactory.
Required skills
communication and teamwork skills to:
present information and research findings in a way that is easily understood by others
use industry and community networks as sources of information
negotiate changes to research briefs
work with relevant personnel to clarify a research brief and discuss research ideas
initiative and flexibility skills to:
follow new leads in the course of research activities
respond to difficulties encountered during the course of research activities
apply research findings to contemporary dance practice and develop positions in relation to the research
planning and writing skills to:
organise information logically and in line with its intended purpose
document research findings clearly and concisely
analytical and literacy skills to interpret and summarise information and research findings
self-management skills to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
Required knowledge
contemporary dance practice
effective communication techniques, including:
effective listening
questioning
non-verbal cues
legal issues that affect research activities, such as:
copyright
intellectual property and privacy legislation
features of commonly used quantitative and qualitative research methodologies
protocols to be observed when collecting information of a culturally sensitive nature
OHS standards as they relate to working for periods of time on computers.
The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.
Topic or contentmay include: | history and development of western theatre dance from early 19th century to present day lineages that influenced the development of dance forms in Australia sociopolitical contexts of ballet and modern or contemporary dance in western culture aesthetic characteristics and philosophies of selected choreographers critical approach to creation of dance works in the context of: gender class ethnicity historical change diversity of perspectives in contexts of dance through time characteristics of various styles of dance, such as: Court Ballet Romanticism Russian Classicalism Ballet Russes modern ballet early modernism in German and the USA modern dance African American dance post-modern dance review of dance performances analysis of how different concepts of contemporary dance may be used, adopted or challenged within dance practice contemporary dance practitioners. |
Relevant personnelmay include: | teacher manager client colleague other performer production and technical staff. |
Advantagesmay include: | desk research: inexpensive permits examination of trends over past observation: provides more detailed and context-related information permits collection of information on facts not mentioned in an interview permits tests of reliability of responses to questionnaires interviewing: suitable for use with those with literacy difficulties permits clarification of questions has higher response rate than written questionnaires questionnaires or surveys (hard copy or online): less expensive permits anonymity and may result in more honest responses eliminates bias participant observation: provides rich data may have positive spin offs of knowledge and skills by researchers and informants. |
Disadvantagesmay include: | desk research: data not always easily accessible ethical issues concerning confidentiality may arise information may be inaccurate observation: ethical issues concerning privacy observer bias may occur presence of observer can bias result interviewing: interviewer bias may result presence of interviewer can influence response questionnaires: not appropriate for those with literacy issues low rate of response online surveys rely on people having access to and feeling comfortable with responding online misunderstanding of questions being asked participant observation: participant can influence behaviour of others usually requires extra training for researcher. |
Research and data gathering techniquesmay include: | qualitative, such as: observation, including participant observation interviews attending dance performances quantitative, such as: questionnaires surveys. |
Format for presenting research findingsmay include: | audio and visual presentations interactive media presentations verbal briefings, talks or presentations written reports. |
Sources of informationmay include: | dance texts and anthologies historical texts libraries, such as: text film video sound graphic government departments museums and galleries archives media archives enterprise policies, procedures and journals journal articles newspaper reviews internet images stories personal observations and experience interviews with dance practitioners attendance at performances. |
Informationmay include: | dance history and criticism aesthetics diversity of style and forms signs and symbols myths and legends technical aspects of performances new technologies spiritual concerns cultural issues politics gender and identity issues. |
Research toolsmay include: | questions for personal interviews or focus groups surveys, such as: print online telephone observation checklists journal notes of performances. |
Research equipmentmay include: | telecommunication equipment, such as: telephone mobile phones pagers fax machine computers with internet access answering machine photocopier computer and software, such as: word processing spreadsheet database calculator tape recorder camcorder mini DV tapes. |
Record keepingmay include: | electronic, such as: databases spreadsheets statistical software applications manual, such as card index file. |
Critical analysis may include: | comparing contrasting reflecting critiquing discussion and debate. |
Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.
Observation Checklist