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SUMMARY:Process Drama as Creative Pedagogy - A Workshop in Imagination - D
 r Julia Horne\, Dr Alison O’Grady\, Catherine Smyth &amp\; Elizabeth Gil
 lroy\, University of Sydney
DTSTART:20180920T160000Z
DTEND:20180920T173000Z
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CONTACT:Lucian Stephenson
DESCRIPTION:How might dramatic techniques\, such as ‘process drama’ be
  used in the classroom to help students analyse and understand complex ide
 as? Process drama was initially pioneered in the 1990s as a participatory 
 form of theatre tailored to the task of teaching and learning. A factual p
 retext\, such as  an individual’s war experience\, is used to imagine re
 al events and stimulate empathy and\, thus\, encourage discussion and crit
 ique. In process drama\, participants assume different roles and undertake
  aesthetic and creative opportunities through highly structured dramatic a
 ctivities. The key to this model of ‘walking in someone else’s shoes
 ’ is the active construction of meaning by teachers and students and its
  transformation into relevant and consequential knowledge. \n\nThis semina
 r is participatory to provide a first-hand experience of process drama in 
 action to demonstrate how the act of imagining can be a powerful pedagogic
 al tool. The process drama will be followed by in-depth Q & A discussion.\
 n\n*Dr Julia Horne* is Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in the Dep
 artment of History at the University of Sydney\, and co-director of http:/
 /beyond1914.sydney.edu.au  an interactive web resource about people’s li
 ves before\, during and after the First World War. She writes widely on so
 cial and cultural history.	\n\n*Dr Alison O'Grady* is Program Director of 
 the Combined Degree in Education\, and Lecturer at the University of Sydne
 y\, Sydney School of Education and Social Work. Alison researches the role
  of drama in empathetic and critical thinking about human rights in the 21
 st century university curriculum.\n\n*Catherine Smyth* is Lecturer in Prim
 ary History Curriculum\, Pedagogy and Practice in the Sydney School of Edu
 cation and Social Work at the University of Sydney. Catherine's research e
 xamines historical sense making and epistemic fluency within interdiscipli
 nary spaces.  	\n\n*Elizabeth Gillroy* is Project Officer for Beyond 1914 
 at the University of Sydney and Expert Nation at the UTS. She has wide cur
 atorial and museum experience working with regional museums and local gove
 rnments in the research and development of exhibition and collections-base
 d education. \n\n
LOCATION: Donald McIntyre Building\, Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road
 \, room GS1
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