Presenter:
Dr Sarah Lovesy How do students become proficient at making their own dramas using theme playbuilding conventions and techniques and different narrative structures? And, how do teachers effectively lead this important learning in the classroom? This workshop considers these questions and will practically unpack the critical issues and challenges for teachers. It will deconstruct the learning process and will explore how teachers might address the teaching of playbuilding through focusing on creating narrative structures and exploring theme based dramatic ideas.
The workshop will offer teachers some new ideas and will explore a range of useful strategies to engage and extend students as creative and independent playmakers in the classroom. This workshop will be useful for all middle and secondary class teachers wanting to explore new ideas and re-energise their playbuilding practice.
Dr. Christine Hatton is a co-trainer for this workshop.
What to bring:Notebook and pen
| Rating | Comment |
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    | Really great to experience playbuilding again and looking at different ways/ workshops/ exercises to attack, enhance and engage students and their creativity. |
| Well presented ideas, enjoyed the hands on approach. |
| Two exceptionally talented presenters helped inspire not just novice drama teachers but the more experienced. Well paced, well explained, and great strategies that can be implemented easily. |
| Hands on, well presented, interesting, learnt a lot. Able to take important points and put into practice. |
| Practical work helped to put things into perspective. Good grounding in theory. |
| The presenters were clear and knowledgable. The workshop was well paced and contained a wonderful understanding of both theory and practice for Drama teachers. |
| Very relevant and helpful for my own teaching. |
| Presenters were very knowledgeable and realted information back to what was relevant. |
| Very helpful especially for a beggining Drama teacher. Intructiors were very knowledgeable, helpful and open. |
| I really enjoyed the course and I will definatley be buying the book. |
| Engaging and practical, curriculum and pedagogy focused with real world references. |
| Particularly liked the museum of childhood and the idea that the class can be a 'theatre company' |
| An absolute wealth of ideas and strategies. Well delivered with a nice combination of theory and practice. Well explained and some good texts mentioned as a backup. |
| Hands on, pracitcal with a clear bag'o'tricks to take back into the classroom. Thanks! |
| Very practical which is ideal with this kind of course. |
| Loved the first section partiuarly, useful pracitcal activities to take back into the classroom. |
| Presenters were wonderful - knowledgeable, thoughtful and with good suggestions. |
| Presenters were quite professional and lovely. |
| Explicitly taught with creative ideas that I can implement into my classroom strategies. |
| Really informative to me as a new teacher so many ideas to take in. |
| I enjoyed the presentation, I felt that we spent too much time on individual feedback. More exercises would have been beneficial. |
