How does drama and story making activate youth voice, literacies and socio-emotional learning?
Methodology
We used co-participatory action research and a pedagogy of noticing as a form of action research across the project.
Impact
The project has impacted on 3100 children to date and is being developed across 8 further Primary schools in Doncaster.
Research Publications
Stephenson, L., 2023. Collective creativity and wellbeing dispositions: children's perceptions of learning through drama. Thinking Skills and Creativity, p.101188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2022.101188
Stephenson, L., 2022. Empowering Voice through Drama. Paul Hamlyn Foundation. Teacher Development Fund. https://www.phf.org.uk/empowering-pupil-voice-through-drama/
Stephenson, L. and Lofthouse,R., 2023. A pedagogy of professional noticing and co-inquiry: Embedding drama for oracy across the primary curriculum. Impact. Chartered College of Teaching 18. pp. 36-39. ISSN 2514-6955
https://my.chartered.college/impact_article/a-pedagogy-of-professional-noticing-and-co-inquiry-embedding-drama-for-oracy-across-the-primary-curriculum/