tales & theatre as teaching tools
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The Arrow in the Bull’s EyeTales & Theatre as Teaching Tools
Drs Marcel van der Pol
www.KERIDWEN.com
Lecturing is not just
giving the facts or
telling th
e story
The Arrow in the Bull’s EyeTales & Theatre (Archery) principles:
≽ tension & relaxation, ≽ gripping & releasing, ≽ aiming & hitting
sender
receiver
receiver
sender
mediamessage
response
knowledge, history, values,
etc
knowledge, history, values,
etc
.
presentation
Who is responsible?What for?
*Information processingUse them Playfully and Effectively in Stories and Lectures!
• Senses: V.A.K.(O.G.)
– seeing, hearing, feeling/moving, smelling, testing• Matching vs. Mismatching
– Recognition vs. Exceptions• Forest vs. Trees
– Overview vs. Details
• Options vs. Procedures– Possibilities vs. Structure & Truth
Tales & Theatre as Teaching Tool
content student context
Recording Experiencing
Adapting Opening up Processing
Sharing
....….................. Doing ....…..................
....….................. Making ....…..................
....….................. ....….................. Reflecting ....….................. ....…..................
....….................. ....….................. Integrating ....….................. ....…..................
= possible starting point for your story
*Tales as Teaching ToolsLevels of telling a good story
1. Pleasure*Fun, no rules
2. Education *Culture, Morals, Reflection
3. Transformation*Change in Perception & Reality
4. Magic*Unspeakable, Wisdom
*Basic Elements Educational Storiesstep by step...
1Scenery, Era
2Accommodation
3Main character(s)
4What’s going on:
Question, Dilemma, Challenge
5Helper(s),
Resource(s)
6Obstacles
7Solutions,
Possibilities
8Final Outcome,
Result
9Telling the Story:
Enlarging Mindframes
naar : Alida Gersie,, Joseph Campbell,, Keridwen
*Tales & Theatre in Education
* Encountering
1. Here-and-now
2. Contact
3. Contract
* Performing
1. Present
2. Wrapping up
3. Presenting
* Story
1. Outline
2. Content
3. Interaction
* Storyteller
1. Liking
2. Daring
3. Performing
Directing your Lessons
• Agatha Christie style - inductive
• Columbo style - deductive
• Nested loops style - deductive & inductive
Facts, figures & contexts
Lecture / Story
Essence
Agath
a Chris
tie Columbo
Designing Tales in Lectures
Story Dynamics & Lecture Dynamics
Interactions vs Keeping on Track
Accent? (+/-)
Bomans Scenario
• Alternative Stories: telling
you about my uncle....
• Use playfully: perspectives,
positions, paradigms and
story elements
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•Adventure Tales as Teaching Tool
Some Story elements:• Prologue
• Waking up call: -/+• Sentry: Stop!, Warning!• Adventure: traveling
companions, opponents, insights
• Dragon + Treasure• Epilogue = New Prologue• Director, Helper, Teacher:
Tour Leader / Tour Guide
The Adventure of Exploring & Learning
Director
Actor AudienceHero
Sentry Helper
Paradigm shifts
Performance Dynamics
Selfdirecting_3.3 in Teaching
BL BRBC
CRCL
FRFL FC
C
• Theatre as Teaching Tool
• The Classroom as a Stage
• Better Teaching/Lecturing by Performing
B = Back
C = Centre
F = Front
L = Left
R = Right
Learning:Inside or Out of…?
Zelfportret
*Researcher
*Artist
*Judge
*WarriorFour Appearances of the Creative Teacher
The Biggest Challenge?
Thanks to the Creative Whack Pack of Roger van Oech
The Arrow in the Bull’s Eye
Telling a Good Story Well, The Biggest Challenge?
The Biggest Challenge?
*Tales as Teaching ToolsStages of Transformation
1. Open Story*My possible version of reality
2. Closed Story *My story is true
3. Frozen Story*This is how it allways goes.
4. Liquefying the story*Enlarging my Frame of Mind: different
stories are possible, too.
Liquefying the Story, The Biggest Challenge?
Somtimes it’s good to know a Guide, who can support you to get past the Dragon and claim your Treasure.
The Dance of the Hero helps you to shoot your
Educational Arrow in the Bull’s Eye
Welcome
Marcel van der Polwww.KERIDWEN.com
www.THEDANCEOFTHEHERO.com