The following articles concern Mantle of the Expert and associated aspects of drama for learning and inquiry. These papers are free to use but please remember to reference the author. Get in touch if you have written something on Mantle of the Expert and would like to have it published on the website.
| Author | Paper | Pages | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Abbott & Brian Edmiston | Curriculum and Pedagogy in the Classroom | 2 | |
| Luke Abbott | Four Projections of Role | 8 | |
| Luke Abbott | Mantle of the expert – an attempt to understand the misunderstood | 12 | |
| Luke Abbott | Drama is Life | 5 | |
| Luke Abbott | The Dramatic Imagination | 8 | |
| Luke Abbott | Chamber Theatre | 7 | |
| Luke Abbott | Dorothy Heathcote’s Levels of Tension | 4 | |
| Luke Abbott | History Lessons Regarding Mantleoftheexpert.com | 6 | |
| Luke Abbott | The Dramas of History | 5 | |
| Luke Abbott | Learning Lessons from Children | 5 | |
| Luke Abbott | Dramatic Exercises for Teachers | 3 | |
| Luke Abbott | Dramatic Conventions, Their Use and Abuse | 6 | |
| Luke Abbott & Brian Edmiston | Contexts Between Play, Drama & Learning | 14 | |
| Luke Abbott | Four Projections of the Role (MA Thesis) | 171 | |
| 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 | Situation Vs Story | 4 | |
| Gavin Bolton | Book: Dorothy Heathcote’s Story: The Biography of a Remarkable Drama Teacher – Google Books | 191 | |
| Michael Bunting | Questions, Questions, Questions! | 7 | |
| Michael Bunting | Leadership Challenges posed by MoE | 24 | |
| 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 | MoE Conference Powerpoint – Learning with Imagination Stansted 1 | 56 | |
| Brian Edmiston | Expert Positioning/Frame/Roles | 3 | |
| Brian Edmiston | What’s My Position? Role, Frame & Positioning | 9 | |
| Brian Edmiston | Building Social Justice Communities – Using drama to make power more visible | 10 | |
| 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 | The Mantle of the Expert Approach to Education | 8 | |
| Brian Edmiston & Jeffery Wilhelm | Playing in Different Keys: Research Notes for Action Researchers and Reflective Drama Practitioners | 12 | |
| Brian Edmiston | Authoring complexity with Dialogic Dramatic inquiry | 39 | |
| Brian Edmiston & Patricia Enciso | Reflections & Refractions of Meaning: Dialogic Approaches to Reading with Classroom Drama | 13 | |
| Stig A. Eriksson | Distancing at Close Range | 8 | |
| Dorothy Heathcote | Heathcote's Planning - a documentary record of a Mantle of the Expert context, Ankara 2009 | 88 | |
| Dorothy Heathcote | Contexts for Active Learning - Four models to forge links between schooling and society | 14 | |
| Dorothy Heathcote | Video Catalogue | 29 | |
| Dorothy Heathcote | Dramatic Conventions List | 4 | |
| Dorothy Heathcote | Mantle of the Expert – Establishing procedures | 15 | |
| Dorothy Heathcote | Notes on Drama | 1 | |
| Dorothy Heathcote | Some Notes on Role Work | 3 | |
| Dorothy Heathcote | Essay on Creativity | 22 | |
| Dorothy Heathcote | Internal Coherence. A Factor for consideration in teaching to learn Dorothy Heathcote | 1 | |
| Dorothy Heathcote | Productive Tension. A Keystone in Mantle of the Expert Dorothy Heathcote | 1 | |
| Dorothy Heathcote | Remembering Remembrance: the quick sands of preparing and interrogating evidence Mantle and commission work | 31 | |
| Dorothy Heathcote | Dramatic Activity | 7 | |
| Dorothy Heathcote | Notes on Signs and Portents – AS028 – AS045 | 10 | |
| Dorothy Heathcote | Book: Collected Writings on Education and Drama – Google Books | 218 | |
| Dorothy Heathcote | Drama as education - AB084 | 20 | |
| Dorothy Heathcote | The Authentic Teacher and the Future | 21 | |
| Sandra Heston | The Heathcote Archive - PHD Thesis | 473 | |
| Emmy Hicks | Politics and Pedagogy: A Critical Analysis of Dorothy Heathcote’s Mantle of the Expert | 89 | |
| 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 | Bibliography: mantle of the expert and drama for learning | 7 | |
| Tim Taylor & Translation: Aneta Korpalska | A Beginner's Guide to Mantle of the Expert - Polish Translation | 76 | |
| Tim Taylor | The Conventions of Dramatic Action: A Guide - NEW | 42 | |
| 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 | Using Mantle of the Expert for the First Time | 5 | |
| Tim Taylor | Introducing Mantle of the Expert | 10 | |
| Tim Taylor | Using Mantle of the Expert - The Tudor House | 8 | |
| Allana Taylor | A critical evaluation of ‘Mantle of the Expert’ | 30 | |
| Tim Taylor | Children learn best when they use their imagination | 1 | |
| Tim Taylor & Brian Edmiston | The Mountain Rescue – A detailed guide to mediating a mantle of the expert scenario in the classroom | 22 | |
| Tim Taylor | Using Inquiry to Explore the Curriculum – PPP From Newcastle PGCE Conference | 32 | |
| Tim Taylor | Project Report – Establishing a Learning Network of Schools to use Mantle of the Expert | 8 | |
| Iona Towler-Evans | Mantle of the Expert | 4 | |
| Julie Walshaw | Suffolk Forum 2009 Final Report | 9 | |
| Julie Walshaw | Undersea Savers and The Golden Elizabeth – Exploration of a Mantle of the Expert Frame | 10 | |
| 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 |