Teaching Tools
Adapted from Chapter 5 of Real in All the Ways that Matter: Weaving learning across the Curriculum with Mantle of the Expert
V. Aitken 2021, NZCER
CHOOSING AN OPENING��THREE MODALITIES
SETTING UP THE IMAGINED WORLD ��THE ELEMENTS OF DRAMA
BUILDING COMMITMENT��THE CONTINUUM OF ENGAGEMENT
Attraction – Attention – Interest – Motivation-
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Concern – Investment -
Obsession
WORKING WITH DRAMA��CHOOSING A CONVENTION��
SEQUENCING DRAMA��TYPES OF CONVENTIONS��
Narrative
Poetic
Reflective
WORKING WITH SIGNS AND SYMBOLS��DIVISIONS OF CULTURE��
TEACHING IN ROLE��REGISTERS AND POSITIONS��
WORKING WITH AESTHETIC / SETTING A SCENE��DIMENSIONS OF DRAMATIC IMAGINATION��
Light -------- Dark
Movement ------- Stillness
Sound --------- Silence
SUPPORTING AFFECTIVE & COGNITIVE LEARNING��BRUNER’S TRIAD��
EXPLORING DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES & PROTECTING INTO EMOTION��FRAME DISTANCE & ROLE FUNCTION��
Participant
Guide
Agent
Authority
Press
Researcher
Critic
Artist
PROTECTING INTO EMOTION��FRAME DISTANCE��
TIME
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RELATIONSHIP
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USE OF METAPHOR
BALANCING INQUIRY AND INSTRUCTION��THE TEACHER COMPASS��
TEACHER LANGUAGE��THE THREE TEACHER VOICES��
UNCOVERING UNDERSTANDING��FIVE LEVELS OF MEANING-MAKING��
ENCOURAGING CRITICAL DISTANCE��NOTICING��
Describe first…then Interpret
MAKING CRITICAL CONNECTIONS��BROTHERHOODS & OTHERHOODS��
“All those who ….”
“Whose stories are we not telling?”
MARKING MOMENTS OF SIGNIFICANCE��DROPPING TO THE UNIVERSAL��
“Our colleague is reminding us…”
PRINCIPLES OF IMPROVISATION��RESPONDING TO OFFERS��
DO: Accept > Extend > Advance
DON’T: Block, Gag, Stall, or Steal
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS &��NOTES ON USING THIS RESOURCE
Most of the ideas in these slides come from the work of Dorothy Heathcote, including Mantle of the Expert my current understanding(Unpublished 2009)
More information on the tools can be found in Chapter 5 of Real in All the Ways that Matter (NZCER 2021) by Viv Aitken
Others draw on from writings / handouts / conversations with by Luke Abbott, Brian Edmiston, Tim Taylor, Norah Morgan & Juliana Saxton, Jerome Bruner, Pam Bowell & Brian Heap, and Louise Tourelle.
Cover photo by Viv Aitken all rights reserved.
Teachers are welcome to use these slides as a tool for teaching. Print them out as a set of “handouts” (6 per page) to create a set of business-card sized prompts.
However, contents are not for wider distribution and should not be used without permission & attribution. Contact: mantleoftheexpertnz@gmail.ac.nz