Hotseating: John O'Toole

In the hotseat this week is John O’Toole. John has been teaching drama and applied theatre for over fifty years, to all ages and on all continents. From secondary English teaching he moved via theatre-in-education into drama education, especially of teachers. He has written and co-written over twenty text- and research books on drama and the arts, and in 2010 was the Lead writer for Arts and for Drama in the new Australian Curriculum. He became Professor of Drama and Applied Theatre at Griffith University Queensland, then Chair of Arts Education at the University of Melbourne. In 2014 he was awarded the Order of Australia (AM) for services to drama education. So pour yourself a cup of tea, sit back, relax and enjoy this conversation on drama in education with John O’Toole.