This week’s University of Waikato Colloquium (Friday 1st June) may be of interest.
Viv is presenting on research methods developed during research in classrooms using Mantle of the Expert. In particular, the presentation looks at the use of researcher-in-role….(a bit like teacher in role, but for the purposes of gathering data!)
Details are shown on the screen shot below – or go to university website for more…
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Very excited about Peter O’Connor’s second ‘Critical Studies in drama in education’ symposium coming up in Auckland at the beginning of December. Peter ran the first of these last year and it was a fabulous event. This year’s symposium is a great chance to catch some of the latest research from big international names in drama education from around NZ and Australia (the list from Oz includes John O’Toole, Michael Anderson, Penny Bundy, Helen Cahill, Kelly Freebody).
This event will particularly appeal to those undertaking postgraduate study in drama education, including Mantle of the Expert – as it also includes a ‘collaboratory’ for Masters and PhD students to share their research and network. For more information click this link
People interested in studying MOTE at Waikato university may be interested in this flier advertising forthcoming papers for 2012.
Two papers are offered – one is an undergraduate paper for teaching students at university, the other is a postgraduate paper suitable for teachers with a degree. Photos of previous students in action are to be seen at the top of the flier!
Please note: the postgrad paper is only offered every few years. In 2012 it will be held as a summer school in late Jan: one week’s intensive classes (held at Tauranga campus) followed by online study and work in your own classroom.
It was great to see the interest in MOTE at two recent education conferences held in Auckland over the Easter break.
A workshop held at the IFTE conference Much Ado About English (held at University of Auckland business school) attracted a group of specialist Secondary English teachers. Most were new to MOTE and attended the workshop because of an interest in integration and drama as pedagogy.
There was also a positive response from delegates at the Drama NZ conference Unplugged held this week at St Kentigern college.
On Wednesday I gave a presentation called “Everything Links to Everything Doesn’t it?” This offered some insights into the TLRI-funded research project Connecting Learning, Connecting Curriculum and the work being done with MOTE within the project.
I also ended up presenting on the Friday because unfortunately, Kathleen W and Georgie D were unable to present their workshop “Let’s talk about Mantle”. On their invitation, I took the opportunity to re-visit the Othello work I had done with the English teachers the week before. I think it went rather well!
I promised to share the planning model from the conference workshops – it’s a work in progress but may be of interest. Follow this link PLANNING PREZI