What Teachers can learn from Stand up Comedy? Not 'funny' teachers, but engaging teachers of Oracy.
It's not about creating 'funny teachers' or making jokes or gags in class, it's about learning the means of communication from stand up comedians and the transferable skills of dynamic and engaging dialogue.
Research into oracy and dialogic education support that engaging communication in the classroom leads to improved learning outcomes for students.
So the lesson for teachers to learn is the methods and means of effective communication.
Find out more: https://bit.ly/33JrAWZ
Recorded at 'Comedy & the Classroom' seminar, May 2019: https://bit.ly/2P3gVRY
Credits to:
Brunel University London: https://www.brunel.ac.uk/
Centre for Comedy Studies Research: https://bit.ly/2OEdh1K
Brunel media relations - Joe Buchanum https://bit.ly/2ODzw86
(read the news article here: https://bit.ly/37WxS9h )
Special thanks to the
Event coordinators:
Sharon Lockyer, Anne Chappell, Simon Weaver
Panelists:
Dr Lee Campbell
Hannah Ballou
Fintan Clear
Shazia Mirza
Martin Billingham
Discover the connection between pedagogy and performance through research into Oracy, Dialogic Education & Applied Theatre studies.
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