The Format of this Handbook

THE FORMAT OF THIS HANDBOOK

There are a number of different ways this document can be read and used, depending on your needs and learning style:

You can jump to a different chapter through the highlighted links.

You can follow the coloured boxes to find examples from different circus disciplines:

Aerial Juggling Balance Acrobatics

If you learn best through movement, follow the yellow boxes to find ‘brain-train games’ and practical activities.

To make sure that this chapter makes sense to you, we have prepared an ‘LCL CheckList’. This is a self-evaluation, summarising the whole chapter. A circus teacher can complete this before or after a circus lesson, in order to ensure that they have considered all the key elements needed to carry out a Learner-Centered circus lesson. Check it out!

At the end of the handbook, you can find a ‘Toolkit’, with details of all of the exercises and ac- tivities that were gathered as part of the exchanges.

We hope you find this handbook interesting and above all useful, as a tool to enhance your teaching practice.

PART 1 CONTEXT