Tag Archives: Teacher education

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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Become the teacher you want to be

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Tom Godfrey

In a world of choices, the most important choice is deciding who and what you want to be. Investing in your own personal development is the only real choice you need to make.

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Transformative Teaching: Channeling Energy in the classroom.

Posted on March 29, 2019 by Tom Godfrey

  What is exceptional teaching? This is a question that, as a teacher trainer, has preoccupied me for the last 40 years. What makes an exceptional teacher? Traditionally education is perceived as a process similar to the production of a … Continue reading →

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