Hotseating: Luke Abbott

In this episode of Hotseating, Aoibhinn Finnegan speaks to Luke Abbott. Luke studied for his Masters Degree with Dorothy Heathcote at Newcastle University in 1980/81. At the time Mantle of the Expert was being established as a teaching and learning approach and Luke was among the pioneering group of Dr. Heathcote’s students who first researched and then used the approach in their classrooms.

In over forty years of practice Luke has taught in hundreds of schools all over the UK and abroad. His work is internationally recognized and he has been instrumental in advancing the scope and application of Mantle of the Expert. Luke has worked extensively in Europe, China, America, and New Zealand and Palestine,. He is now a project tutor for the NEU Mantle of the Expert Programme and leading Mantle of the Expert projects in many schools across the country. So pour yourself a cup of tea, sit back, relax and enjoy.

Hotseating: Brian Edmiston

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.