Getting Started with ‘Drama for Learning’ – The Basics (Patrice Baldwin)

ABOUT THE COURSE

This course is for Primary teachers who want to learn how to start ‘Drama for Learning’ with whole classes. Participants will receive guidance on how to first negotiate a ‘Drama Contract’ with their class. Several key drama strategies will be explained, and examples given of their use in lessons.

A primary drama lesson will then be presented ‘step by step,’ with each strategy choice explained in terms of what it is offering the children’s learning. The shifting roles and functions of the teacher throughout the lesson will also be considered, and how teachers can purposefully use different types of Teacher-in-Role.

COURSE LEADER

Patrice Baldwin is Chair of the Council of Subject Associations. She was a primary headteacher, School Improvement and Arts Education Adviser and an Ofsted inspector. She was Sir Jim Rose’s Drama Editorial Expert for his proposed primary curriculum and Oak National Academy’s Primary Drama subject leader during the pandemic.

Patrice has given keynotes and workshops in 35+ countries. She was President of the International Drama Theatre and Education Association, (IDEA) from 2010 to 2013, and Chair of National Drama for more than a decade, (until 2015). She devised and directed ‘Drama for Learning and Creativity’ (D4LC), an internationally acclaimed school improvement initiative.

Patrice is an educational author and has worked as a BBC Education scriptwriter and series consultant (TV and Radio).

Patrice Baldwin and Pie Corbett worked together, delivering termly, ‘Drama and Talk for Writing’ conferences across the UK, for several years.

Email: patrice@patricebaldwin.com Website: www.patricebaldwin.net

Patrice Baldwin is a rarity. She is one of the few primary drama experts left in this country and quite possibly the most experienced and effective drama primary teacher. Teachers on her courses, come away feeling more confident and with a broader repertoire. Her work is excellent!

Pie Corbett

Absolutely brilliant! Patrice’s course opened doors for colleagues which they would not have believed possible. In everything she does, she walks delegates through the materials, and discusses the impact this has on children’s learning. She uses drama conventions to create opportunities for pupils to secure their learning in new and deeper ways.

Mary Myatt