More than two dozen teachers from around Niagara and the GTA will be learning ways to use drama in the classroom this weekend at Brock University\u2019s Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are bringing in world leaders to speak about using drama across the curriculum,\u201d said Joe Norris, an Associate Professor in Brock\u2019s Department of Dramatic Arts. \u201cIt\u2019s part of our year-long celebration of the opening of the Marilyn I. Walker school.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said the three-day symposium starts Friday at 7 p.m. with a keynote talk featuring renowned speaker and author Kathleen Gould Lundy who will talk about imaginative teaching. Author of Leap Into Literacy<\/em>, Teaching Fairly in an Unfair World<\/em> and Talking to Learn<\/em>, Lundy is currently the lead investigator of All I\u2019s on Education: Imagination, Integration, Innovation<\/em>, a research project through the Council of Ontario Directors of Education.<\/p>\n On Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. teachers and Brock students will attend workshops at the MIWSFPA led by leaders in the field of drama and education.<\/p>\n \u201cBecause we\u2019ve moved to our downtown space, we thought we\u2019d emphasize concepts of the city and citizenship,\u201d Norris said. \u201cThey use interactive drama techniques to address social issues and curriculum.\u201d<\/p>\n Lundy will lead workshops, as will University of Victoria professor Carole Miller and University of Warwick associate dean Jonothan Neelands.<\/p>\n Norris said the teachers attending the event are from all grades and disciplines. While most are from Niagara, many are coming from school boards around the Greater Toronto Area.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is very much a recruitment tool in that we are bringing in teachers to see our space and to get to know our faculty and students,\u201d Norris said.\u00a0\u201cIt puts us on the map.\u201d<\/p>\n Brock faculty and students will also be attending the symposium.<\/p>\n Friday\u2019s talk is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n