Getting Started with Drama for Learning – The Basics

ABOUT THE COURSE

This course is designed for teachers who want to learn how to use ‘Drama for Learning’ with confidence. ‘Drama for Learning’ as an approach will be explained and participants will receive guidance on how to first negotiate a ‘Drama Contract’ with their class. Twelve key drama strategies will be explained, with examples of ways that they have been used within various lessons.

One or more primary drama lessons will then be presented, ‘step by step’ (depending on the time available) and the main learning opportunities and intentions of the lesson/s will be outlined. The shifting roles and functions of the teacher at different points during the lesson will also be considered, and how teachers can choose to approach and use Teacher-in-Role in different ways, for various purposes.

HANDOUTS

• A Drama Contract
• A Drama Strategies booklet
• A copy of the Powerpoint (as a PDF)
• KS1 lesson plans
• KS2 lesson plans
• 2 relevant published articles.

COURSE LEADER

Patrice Baldwin is Chair of the Council for Subject Associations. She was Sir Jim Rose’s Drama Editorial Expert for his proposed national curriculum and was Oak National Academy’s subject leader for Primary Drama, (2020-21).

Patrice was a Primary Headteacher, and then the Arts Education and School Improvement Adviser for Norfolk, and an Ofsted Inspector. She is an internationally acclaimed expert in ‘Drama for Learning’. She was Chair of National Drama (UK) for 11 years (until 2015) and President of the International Drama Theatre and Education Association (IDEA) from 2010-13. She has worked with students, teachers and theatre educators in 35+ countries.

Patrice has had several books published, most recently ‘Process Drama for Second Language Teaching and Learning’ (Bloomsbury, October 2021). She writes regularly for Drama and Theatre and Drama magazines. She was a BBC Education scriptwriter and series consultant for radio and more recently for television.

Patrice Baldwin and Pie Corbett worked together termly over several years, developing Drama and Talk for Writing at their termly conferences.

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

‘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