Category Archives: Whole Person Learning

Community Forums: Participatory Approaches to Professional Development

Posted on April 28, 2023 by Tom Godfrey

Find the solutions to your problems with the support of a community of teachers. The workshops will be Saturday 9.30 – 12.30; 13.30 – 16.30 and + Forum Theatre presentation to an invited audience at 17.30 – 20.30. These series … Continue reading →

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Developing Facilitation Skills

Posted on March 31, 2023 by Tom Godfrey

Join presenter, Tom Godfrey, on Saturday 1 April at 15.00 UK time as he demonstrates how to develop drama facilitation skills in ELT. In the webinar, Tom will suggest that teaching needs to be conceived more as a performative art requiring … Continue reading →

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Community Forums:Towards a Participatory Methodology for Teacher Professional Development.

Posted on February 3, 2023 by Tom Godfrey

Community Forums provide participant-led, solution-oriented, multiple voiced opportunities for reflection and dialogue on critical incidents teachers’ face. Continue reading →

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PERFORMATIVE PEDAGOGY AND TEACHER EDUCATION.

Posted on January 3, 2023 by Tom Godfrey

. Performative Pedagogy introduces teachers to a range of techniques to raise awareness of the performative and reveal a fresh landscape of creative embodied expression, enjoyment and gratification. Continue reading →

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Teaching As a Performative Art

Posted on December 26, 2022 by Tom Godfrey

Post pandemic it is opportune to consider the importance of the embodied physical presence of learners and teacher in the learning encounter as this raises vital issues as to the nature of teaching and learning. Sir Ken Robinson (2006) in … Continue reading →

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Performative Teaching: An Embodied Approach to Teacher Development

Posted on May 23, 2022 by Tom Godfrey

How can Applied Theatre inform Teacher Development? Continue reading →

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How do teachers develop?

Posted on September 15, 2020 by Tom Godfrey

As a teacher trainer this is a question that preoccupies me on a daily basis. Moreover I am not alone in this enquiry, indeed a major area of research has been to examine the impact of training on a teacher’s … Continue reading →

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Shaking Hands with Death

Posted on September 26, 2010 by Tom Godfrey

I was diagnosed with terminal cancer in March 2009 and given 6 months. Eight months later, to the incredulity of the medical profession, the cancer had gone. This story describes my experiences and processes I adopted to deal with my cancer and reflects on their outcomes and their implications for healing and learning.
https://tomgodfrey.wordpress.com/2010/09/18/shaking-hands-with-death/
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