New Zealand – Waikato Conference
This page contains documents, reports and resources from the first International Mantle of the Expert conference held at Waikato University in Hamilton, New Zealand from August 27th to the 30th, 2009. For more information on the conference programme and speakers please visit the conference website.
Keynotes
You can watch a pre-recorded and extended version of Dorothy Heathcote’s Keynote by clicking here.
Resources and Materials
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There is also a Wiki that you can join and contribute to by clicking here
Luke’s resources list:
Dorothy Heathcote’s conventions list
Photographs of jobs created for the Pest Control Team
– Click here for – File 1
– Click here for – File 2
Gavin Bolton’s article – Situation vs Story
Luke Abbott & Brian Edmiston – Contexts Between Play, Drama & Learning
Luke Abbott & Brian Edmiston – Curriculum & Pedagogy in the classroom
Julia’s resources list:
Julia Walshaw’s planning records for ‘The Undersea Rescuers’ Note – To view Julia’s plans: 1. Click & download file; 2. Open using Quick Time (or something similiar); 3. Enlarge picture and move through frame by frame. Please contact us if you have problems viewing this file.
Planning frame for Undersea Rescuers
Alana’s resources list
Kiwi quickstart empty plan.doc
Kiwi Elmer Quick start Inquiry filled.pdf
Dorothy’s conventions list – iconic, enactive, symbolic
For a longer explanation of the conventions click here
Tim’s resources list
Divisions of culture & Types of inquiry question
More information and resources
For more information on drama in New Zealand please visit the drama New Zealand Website
Sunny Amey’s conference address – The History of Dorothy Heathcote’s visits to New Zealand
Susan Battye’s conference address – Outcome of the the visits of Dorothy Heathcote to New Zealand
Drama for Learning online
Very happily someone (unknown) has copied extracts from Heathcote & Bolton’s “Drama for Learning”. The quality is not very good, however, for those people who can’t get hold of a copy in New Zealand it might be useful.
1. Read me first
2. Introduction by Cecily O’Neill
3. Chapter One
4. Chapter Two
5. Chapter Three
Photos from the Conference – click here to view
Posted in category: Conferences, International, New Zealand | 2 Comments »


October 15th, 2009 at 1:18 am
Is anyone able to see all the photos? Might be just my slow computer, but I can only see the one of me giving forth!! – there are lots of other photos and they are much prettier – anything we can do about that?
October 15th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
Hi Viv – bit of a blip… click on the link above the photo, should work now!
Tim