An Action Research Study on Using Drama for Learning: Implementing Dorothy Heathcote's Mantle of the Export Approach to Education

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Main Author:	Belcastro, Deborah Anderson
Language:	English
Published:	The Ohio State University / OhioLINK 2003
Subjects:	Education
Online Access:	http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1393341342

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spelling	ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu13933413422021-08-03T06:22:36Z An Action Research Study on Using Drama for Learning: Implementing Dorothy Heathcote's Mantle of the Export Approach to Education Belcastro, Deborah Anderson Education Dorothy Heathcote’s Mantle of the Expert approach to using drama in education involves students in the creation of an imaginary social world as a context for learning with teachers positioning students to assume the role of an expert professional. By assuming the role of experts in a fictional world, students adopt and perform the practices and responsibilities of everyday life professionals in service to an imagined client who has requested their help. Key principles of the Mantle of the Expert approach to education are compared with Etienne Wenger’s communities of practice theory (1998) and a social worlds curriculum model for inquiry-based education developed by Richard Beach and Jamie Myers (2001).When used as a design for learning with a kindergarten class, the Mantle of the Expert approach to education mediated the creation of a community of inquiry in the following ways: Students agreed to be framed or identified as expert animal caretakers and participated in the work of imagining a social context for learning. Students engaged as members of a community in practices to achieve collective goals requiring the acquisition of knowledge and skills particular to the social world of animals and veterinarians. Students negotiated meanings within these worlds using the tools and resources of the classroom in order to contribute to the achievement of their goals and performance of responsibilities as veterinarians. They collaborated with each other and with teachers to construct their understandings of the needs of animals and the practices utilized by veterinarians to provide for those needs. Literacy practices were used as tools by the community in the service of constructing knowledge and reflecting on the work of the community. Students gradually took ownership of the inquiry and contributed to its development by initiating engagement in aspects of critique and transformation of world views regarding the problem of endangered animals. 2003 English text The Ohio State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1393341342 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1393341342 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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An Action Research Study on Using Drama for Learning: Implementing Dorothy Heathcote's Mantle of the Export Approach to Education

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