Imagine you're an expert: member of a team of discoverers exploring an uninhabited island, or an archaeologist entering the tomb of an Egyptian king. What information do you need? What knowledge and skills? What responsibility would you have? What powers? What kind of research would you carry out? How would you communicate the results? And what if something goes wrong? Experts are constantly confronted with these kinds of challenges.
Of course, children cannot be experts in the real world, so they cannot take on the challenges that go with it. But in a fictional world, a world of the imagination, they can take on the role of experts and experience what it means to make decisions, to be self-regulating and to bear responsibility.
Mantle of the Expert is an educational approach that uses drama and research to create contexts that offer children these experiences.
On Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 August 2019 (from 10.00 a.m. > 12.30 p.m. and 1.30 p.m. > 4.00 p.m.), the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp (AP University College) – and International Art campus deSingel organize a two-day Summer School for primary school teachers in Antwerp, Belgium – the topic: how can drama be used for learning in the classroom?
The summer course is in English and does not require any experience with drama. Tim Taylor, MoE expert in the United Kingdom, provides a fascinating program in which there is room to learn, to explore and to reflect.
PRACTICAL
Dates: August 24 & 25, from 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. (with lunchbreak)
Location: Royal Conservatoire Antwerp, International Art campus deSingel, Desguinlei 25, 2018 Antwerp (BE)
Language: English
Participation: € 90 (incl. lunch, water, tea and coffee)
More info via bob@mantleoftheexpert.be
Registrations are open, clich here to reserve your seat.
Deadline for registrations: 15.06.2019
This Summer School MoE#3 is part of the PhD research 'MoE 2.0' conducted by Bob Selderslaghs at the Royal Conservatoire and the University of Antwerp. More info about the methodology, Tim Taylor & his book "A Beginner’s Guide to Mantle of the Expert" can be found on www.mantleoftheexpert.com.