Thanks Stacey for pointing out the error in yesterday’s message where I gave the date of the next cluster group as March, instead of May! Here’s the updated version: After its highly successful launch last month, the Whangarei cluster has its next get together on Wednesday 28th May at 3.30. I think this will be at […]
It has been quiet on the Mantle of the Expert website lately, but you will be receiving a wee flurry of posts in the next few days. First up, this message has information about cluster group meetings coming up. Please read carefully to ensure you have the right details for your meeting: After its highly […]
Greetings colleagues There is much ‘clustering’ occurring in the next few weeks. Please check below for a meeting to suit you. First two notifications are new gatherings, the others are reminders. * Hamilton Cluster meeting will be Thursday 27th 4.30pm for 5pm start at Puketaha school – please note this is a change from the […]
Greetings! Just confirming details for the next Hamilton cluster meeting – MONDAY 17th FEBRUARY, 4.30 – 6.00 pm in the McLaren room, Faculty of Education, University of Waikato. Brian Edmiston (visiting professor from the USA) will be joining us, just two days before he leaves NZ, so this is a great opportunity for cluster members […]
A final reminder about two forthcoming seminars with visiting Professor Brian Edmiston at Waikato University. Not purely MOtE but may be of interest. The first session (hosted by WMIER – blue flyer) is aimed at education researchers and will explore dialogism and positioning theory. NB: This session has been extended to 9-12. The second event […]
I have had some requests for this article, which was originally published in 2009 but can be hard to find online. It talks about why it is so important to signal the fiction when working in drama. It’s a long read but hopefully of interest – particularly the later sections on ‘deliberate misframing’ in the […]
Greetings colleagues At a recent cluster meeting Sue Bleaken (Deputy Principal of Melville Intermediate School) was kind enough to share a list of books she has found particularly useful in planning drama for restorative practice in her school. Sue has provided us with a PDF of this list – attached here. Sincere thanks to Sue […]
These natty little film clips have been created by Luke Willis from Melville Intermediate. Here you can see Luke, colleague Jacqui and the school’s DP Sue talk about their explorations in MOtE. As you will see, these teachers were blown away with the student engagement and with the learning outcomes from their first try at […]
Here’s a flyer for a seminar on 13th Feb 2014 by visiting prof Brian Edmiston. As well as being an experienced practitioner in MOTE, Brian has researched and written extensively on positioning theory and dialogism. This seminar (sponsored by the Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research at the University of Waikato) is an opportunity for […]
Two buzzy cluster meetings this week – Hamilton and Tauranga brought our 2013 get togethers to a close. Great to see familiar colleagues and new faces at both events. In Hamilton on Thursday a small but enthused group gathered to hear Jacqui, Luke and Sue share about their successful experiments with MOtE in Melville Intermediate […]