In the hotseat this week is Brian Edmiston. He is Professor of Drama in Education in the Department of Teaching and Learning at The Ohio State University. His scholarship focuses on drama in literacy, language, and literature teaching, dramatic inquiry as a P-12 cross-curricular pedagogy, and drama as ethical education. He regularly teaches and conducts research in P-12 classrooms in central Ohio. He has also conducted research, led workshops for teachers, and taught in classrooms in both England and Northern Ireland. He has authored over forty publications including four books.
He has directed the professional development of teachers at Ohio State as part of the partnership between the Royal Shakespeare Company and the university.
In the Department of Teaching & Learning at Ohio State University he teaches courses in the M.A., Ed.S, and Ph.D. programs, oversees the teaching of undergraduate Teaching and Learning with Drama: Introduction course, and run the pre-service Multiage M.Ed. licensure program in drama education. He is a core faculty member in these areas of study: Dramatic and Arts-based Teaching and Learning; Rethinking Early Childhood & Elementary Education; and Adolescent, Post-Secondary & Community Literacies. He is an affiliate faculty member in Multicultural Education & Equity Studies; Literature for Children & Young Adults; and Reading & Literacy in Early & Middle Childhood.
So grab a cup of tea, sit back and enjoy this episode of Hotseating: The Drama Education Podcast, with Brian Edmiston.