dramatic play in the classroom
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Find lesson planning and assessment materials that showcase the use of dramatic play in teaching and learning. You don’t need to be a drama teacher to implement the strategies in English, Literacy and Humanities programs. Then again, if you are a drama teacher, use purpose built drama lessons with specific assessments that highlight foundation and capability skills.
AI Assisted Classroom & Dramatic Play In New Contexts.
I am actively investigating AI-assisted planning and assessment in the classroom. From learning about their impact, I bring into view dramatic play into teaching and learning. My focus on emerging tools aims to discriminate how they enhance and risk human development.
Dramatic Play & Critical & Creative Thinking
My aim is to use dramatic play for critical thinking and philosophical experiences. Asking “What if?” can unlock the hundreds of philosophical discussions. Similarly, role-playing enables students to look at their motivations, to question their assumptions, and arrive at innovative solutions, turning the classroom into a vibrant space.
Curriculum Planning, School Community & Live Performances.
Building a vibrant classroom to support an equally dynamic school community requires thoughtful planning. it also need collaborative action between teachers and students. An important part of school-based is when dramatic play is transformed into the school production. However, school performance events can be smaller classroom productions in which ideas, stories and valued beliefs are shared.
Renewing the Links between Dramatic Play & Literacy.
I’ve been thinking about dramatic play and literacy all my teaching life. Through play, children build the foundational structures of storytelling, moving from passive listeners to active creators of meaning. It is in the dynamic, unscripted space of dramatic play that words leave the page and become lived experiences, fostering a rich, intrinsic motivation to read and write.
Performing Histories, Australian Theatre History & First Audience Projects.
My approach to Australian theatre history seeks that it is better known universally. It holds profound stories showing yearnings for egalitarianism and experiments in racism and sexism. Hence, I use ‘performing histories’ to embody questions and challenge assumptions, best exemplified in my design of ‘First Audience Projects’. By focusing on the enduring performance traditions and stories of First Nations peoples, I acknowledge that the history of performance in Australia did not begin with the First Fleet, but has been alive on this land for millennia.
Dramatic Play, Entrepreneurial Education & the Creative Economy.
In the modern creative economy, the skills of innovation, collaboration, and resilience are paramount. My doctoral research “Entrepreneurs, Empires and Pantomimes“ considered the cultural power of entrepreneurship. This is a powerful space to look at dramatic play space and its links to creative and agile thinking, and, most importantly, models of economic sustainability for those working in the creative economy.
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