In this article I will focus specifically on the process of intergenerational dialogue in ‘Mothers and Sons’ on themes that are relevant to the LGBTI community. This will be done through the analysis of a practice-as-research project that I conducted in which I co-produced and directed a professional production of McNally’s play in Malta in April 2024.
Through the publication of this book, Irish and Kitchen (with the help of many experienced contributors from a range of contexts) have attempted to thoroughly address important contemporary questions and concerns about the place of a 400-year-old white male poet and playwright in compulsory education and, perhaps more importantly, why today’s young people should care about his work.
Notes on Authors Ruken Akar-Vural (Ph.D), is Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Education, Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Turkey, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3137-3753. She has a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, Çukurova University, 2005; a Master degree in Curriculum and Instruction, Çukurova University, 2000; and a Bachelor’s degree in Primary School Education, Çukurova University, 1997. Tyrone Grima …
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You Matter Now, more than ever teachers, should be asking young people the question “what would you like to do a drama about?” The question invites children to reflect on what is important to them. We live in an era where it appears that in schools, knowledge is all that matters; it’s certainly all that …
