The following articles concern Mantle of the Expert and associated aspects of drama for learning and inquiry.
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| Author | Paper | Pages | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Abbott & Brian Edmiston | Curriculum and Pedagogy in the Classroom | 2 | |
| Luke Abbott | The Dramas of History | 5 | |
| Luke Abbott | Four Projections of Role | 8 | |
| Luke Abbott | Four Projections of the Role (MA Thesis) | 171 | |
| Luke Abbott & Brian Edmiston | Contexts Between Play, Drama & Learning | 14 | |
| Luke Abbott | Dramatic Conventions, Their Use and Abuse | 6 | |
| Luke Abbott | Dramatic Exercises for Teachers | 3 | |
| Luke Abbott | Learning Lessons from Children | 5 | |
| Luke Abbott | History Lessons Regarding Mantleoftheexpert.com | 6 | |
| Luke Abbott | Dorothy Heathcote’s Levels of Tension | 4 | |
| Luke Abbott | Chamber Theatre | 7 | |
| Luke Abbott | The Dramatic Imagination | 8 | |
| Luke Abbott | Drama is Life | 5 | |
| Luke Abbott | Mantle of the expert – an attempt to understand the misunderstood | 12 | |
| Viv Aitken | Mantle of the Expert – A Brief Introduction. Ch. 3 from Connecting Curriculum, Linking Learning | 23 | |
| Alastair Becker | Does Mantle of the Expert Improve Children’s Attitudes to Reading and Writing? | 36 | |
| Gavin Bolton | Book: Dorothy Heathcote’s Story: The Biography of a Remarkable Drama Teacher – Google Books | 191 | |
| Gavin Bolton | Situation Vs Story | 4 | |
| Michael Bunting | Leadership Challenges posed by MoE | 24 | |
| Michael Bunting | Questions, Questions, Questions! | 7 | |
| Jenny Burrell | Mantle of the Expert - The Sea | 3 | |
| Theatre Cap-aPie | In-Experience - Mantle of the Expert within the Creative Classroom | 22 | |
| Lucy Coates | Dinosaur Island - A sequence in pictures | 56 | |
| Helen Collins | Impact of moe on children’s writing – MA Dissertation | 97 | |
| Brian Edmiston | Building Social Justice Communities – Using drama to make power more visible | 10 | |
| Brian Edmiston & Patricia Enciso | Reflections & Refractions of Meaning: Dialogic Approaches to Reading with Classroom Drama | 13 | |
| Brian Edmiston | Mountains, Ships and Time Machines: Making space for creativity and learning with dramatic-inquiry in a Primary School CP Report | 45 | |
| Brian Edmiston | Authoring complexity with Dialogic Dramatic inquiry | 39 | |
| Brian Edmiston & Jeffery Wilhelm | Playing in Different Keys: Research Notes for Action Researchers and Reflective Drama Practitioners | 12 | |
| Brian Edmiston | The Mantle of the Expert Approach to Education | 8 | |
| Brian Edmiston | Expert Positioning/Frame/Roles | 3 | |
| Brian Edmiston | What’s My Position? Role, Frame & Positioning | 9 | |
| Brian Edmiston | MoE Conference Powerpoint – Learning with Imagination Stansted 1 | 56 | |
| Stig A. Eriksson | Distancing at Close Range | 8 | |
| Dorothy Heathcote | Mantle of the Expert – Establishing procedures | 15 | |
| Dorothy Heathcote | Dramatic Conventions List | 4 | |
| Dorothy Heathcote | Essay on Creativity | 22 | |
| Dorothy Heathcote | The Authentic Teacher and the Future | 21 | |
| Dorothy Heathcote | Heathcote's Planning - a documentary record of a Mantle of the Expert context, Ankara 2009 | 88 | |
| Dorothy Heathcote | Notes on Drama | 1 | |
| Dorothy Heathcote | Video Catalogue | 29 | |
| Dorothy Heathcote | Some Notes on Role Work | 3 | |
| Dorothy Heathcote | Drama as education - AB084 | 20 | |
| Dorothy Heathcote | Book: Collected Writings on Education and Drama – Google Books | 218 | |
| Dorothy Heathcote | Internal Coherence. A Factor for consideration in teaching to learn Dorothy Heathcote | 1 | |
| Dorothy Heathcote | Notes on Signs and Portents – AS028 – AS045 | 10 | |
| Dorothy Heathcote | Remembering Remembrance: the quick sands of preparing and interrogating evidence Mantle and commission work | 31 | |
| Dorothy Heathcote | Productive Tension. A Keystone in Mantle of the Expert Dorothy Heathcote | 1 | |
| Dorothy Heathcote | Dramatic Activity | 7 | |
| Sandra Heston | The Heathcote Archive - PHD Thesis | 473 | |
| Bill Hicks | Role play: How teaching make-believe gets real results(Article in The Independent on Bealings Primary School) | 3 | |
| Lisa Hinton | Mantle of the Expert teaching sequence – The Missing Pilot | 19 | |
| Lisa Hinton | Mantle of the Expert and Writing Work Placed Development | 41 | |
| Lisa Hinton | Mantle of the Expert and boys writing | 39 | |
| Lisa Hinton | Mantle of the Expert Buddhism Episodes | 2 | |
| Primary History | History, Drama and the Classroom – Spring 2008 | 36 | |
| Julie Hymers | ‘Little Children, ‘Big’ Questions’ – Does Mantle of the Expert create an environment conducive to philosophical thinking in the Early Years? | 74 | |
| Peter Johnson | The Language of Influence in teaching | 6 | |
| Debbie Kidd | Romeo and Juliet through Mantle of the Expert | 1 | |
| Tadeuz Kowkans | The Sign in the Theatre | 29 | |
| Chris Lawrence | Teacher and Role | 21 | |
| Jenny Lewis | 3G Assessment Report | 28 | |
| Bob Lingard & Debra Hayes & Martin Mills | Teachers and productive pedagogies: contextualising, conceptualising, utilising | 26 | |
| Roberta Luchini Boschi | Mantle of the Expert – Potentialities of this method in the Brazilian Educational System | 81 | |
| Cecily O’Neill | Forward to Drama for Learning | 3 | |
| Edward Parkinson | Mantle of the Expert: The Impact of a Devolved Leadership on Boys’ Attitudes Towards School | 118 | |
| Wendy Rouse & Amanda Wilde | Word on the Street - Action Research Project Report | 26 | |
| Louise Ryan | Making Mantle Work Online | 4 | |
| Louise Ryan | Fostering Learning Communities with Mantle of the Expert (Original: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zqORh0ASPe9tUrFW46bFsZ9bUxQaevNs/view?ts=5ef0a8d3) | 3 | |
| Bob Selderslaghs | The Artistic Value of Mantle of the Expert – a Belgian Research Project | 8 | |
| Caroline Stamp-Dod | Mantle of the Expert: a critical evaluation of the ways this strategy might contribute to aspects of children’s learning and the development of self-direction. | 20 | |
| Tim Taylor | Using Mantle of the Expert - The Tudor House | 8 | |
| Tim Taylor | The Conventions of Dramatic Action: A Guide - NEW | 42 | |
| Tim Taylor | Using Inquiry to Explore the Curriculum – PPP From Newcastle PGCE Conference | 32 | |
| Tim Taylor | Creating Bridges into the Past – this article first appeared in the Oct 2013 issue of Creative teaching & Learning Magazine | 7 | |
| Tim Taylor | Exploring History Through Drama – this article first appeared in the May 2013 issue of Creative teaching & Learning Magazine | 9 | |
| Tim Taylor | The Power of Play: Developing dramatic-inquiry in the classroom – this article first appeared in the April 2013 issue of Primary Teacher Update magazine | 3 | |
| Tim Taylor | Bibliography: mantle of the expert and drama for learning | 7 | |
| Tim Taylor | Introducing Mantle of the Expert | 10 | |
| Tim Taylor | Using Mantle of the Expert for the First Time | 5 | |
| Tim Taylor | Project Report – Establishing a Learning Network of Schools to use Mantle of the Expert | 8 | |
| Tim Taylor & Brian Edmiston | The Mountain Rescue – A detailed guide to mediating a mantle of the expert scenario in the classroom | 22 | |
| Tim Taylor | Children learn best when they use their imagination | 1 | |
| Allana Taylor | A critical evaluation of ‘Mantle of the Expert’ | 30 | |
| Iona Towler-Evans | Mantle of the Expert | 4 | |
| Julie Walshaw | Undersea Savers and The Golden Elizabeth – Exploration of a Mantle of the Expert Frame | 10 | |
| Julie Walshaw | Suffolk Forum 2009 Final Report | 9 | |
| Leon Weeks | An Exploration of Mantle of the Expert as a Teaching Method to Cultivate Independent Learning in an International School | 120 | |
| Shelby Wolf | From the 'Mantle' to Expertise - CP Report | 52 | |
| Kelly Wood | How to make your lessons outstanding | 1 | |
| Dene Zarins | Steps into MoE Inquiry - MA Paper PPS 114 | 23 |