Welcome to Mantle of the Expert.com
Hello, welcome to Mantle of the expert.com. This website has been designed as a central location for information and resources on Mantle of the Expert. It will be useful to teachers, students and school leaders interested in using and developing MoE as an approach to teaching and learning for the 21st Century.
The Raft of the Medusa The Story of a Painting • The Painting of a Story
Blah Blah Blah Theatre CompanyÂ
“As a cross-curricular learning tool it is some of the best educational work we have seen.” Head of Drama, Cockburn High School, Leeds
A participatory theatre event
- The students are introduced to the world of the story and the characters within it.
- We work with a small group of students so each individual can contribute to bringing the story to life. They will experience it not just as themselves but ‘in role’ from the viewpoint of people inside the narrative.
- The students’ investment grows with the story because they see their ideas being incorporated.
“I really enjoyed being able to take part and feel like we were there, feeling the pain and sorrow”. Student, Brinsworth School, Rotherham
A scheme of work developed by experienced teachers…
Category: Training
Planning Templates for mantle of the expert
These templates are examples of planning for the medium term overview of a mantle of the expert inquiry.
We’ve provided two examples – The Mountain Rescue Team and The Garden Centre – and a blank copy which can be used by teachers to plan their own moe inquiries.
For more detailed, step-by-step planning, please visit our sister site: www.imaginative-inquiry.co.uk
Category: Planning
NATD Conference: Social and Cultural Learning Through Drama – Sept 2013
National Association for the Teaching of Drama
Social and Cultural Learning Through Drama – Teaching for progress in the child-centred classroom
A conference for teachers of all phases, lecturers, leaders, artists, dramatists and community educators
Friday 27th – Sunday 29th September at Oriel College, Oxford
Category: Conferences
Two-day event on mantle of the expert
National Association for the Teaching of Drama and Alwoodley Primary School
Dates Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd May 2013 9.00am-3.30pm
At this two-day event, Luke Abbott will look at how we can adapt and respond to the needs of children as we work in Mantle of the Expert…
Category: MoE Training, Training
$500 available to help teachers attend Drama NZ conference
Drama NZ is offering two $500 scholarships to support teachers to attend their conference this year. One scholarship is for a beginning teacher, the other is for a teacher from a rural school.
Te Kore – Drama NZ’s national conference for 2013 will be held at Waikato University 26-28 April. The conference suits primary, intermediate and secondary teachers and a number of presentations and workshops will be specifically devoted to Mantle of the Expert.
Category: Conferences, International, New Zealand, News
Introducing imaginative-inquiry article
Article first published on the Guardian Teacher Network. Introducing imaginative-inquiry as an approach to teaching and learning that harnesses children’s power of imagination to create meaningful and challenging learning experiences.
Category: News
New blog on imaginative-inquiry.co.uk
Lets imagine
JANUARY 31, 2013 • CATEGORIES: BLOG • BY TIM TAYLOR
Article for the BlogSync Initiative : “The Universal Panacea? The number one shift in UK education I wish to see in my lifetime”
Lets imagine, just for a moment, there really is a universal panacea for all our problems. A shift in thinking so monumentally seismic it will make us think [...]
Category: News
Conference-Drama and English: Exploring the Connections
London Association for the Teaching of English
Saturday 9th February 2013, 9.30 – 1.30
Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL
There has been a long history of teachers using drama to support learning in English. Considering recent moves threatening the place of drama in and across the curriculum, we think it important to affirm the centrality of drama to English teaching. This conference will offer practical approaches for teaching that explore and develop the connections between English and drama.
Category: Conferences
Qattan-Jericho Mantle of the Expert Science Programme 2012
A team of science educators has set out to change the teaching of science throughout Palestine in order to enable students to take part in a world-class science programme.This project requires teachers to challenge the current orthodoxy of instruction styles of pedagogy and adopt new practices requiring an emphasis on learning rather than teaching through instruction. To date the results of experiments in Jericho with over 50 teachers have been very encouraging. Read more…
2013 Dates for the West Midlands Mantle of the Expert Network
- Luke Abbott: Responding to Children’s Needs
9-10 February, Woodrow First School, Redditch
- Iona Towler-Evans & David Allen: Drama and History
27 April, Newman University College, Genners Lane, Birmingham B32 3NT
- Eileen Pennington: Strategies for Learning
15-16 June, Newman University College, Genners Lane, Birmingham B32 3NT
Category: MoE Training, Training
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