tales & theatre as teaching tools

The Arrow in the Bull’s EyeTales & Theatre as Teaching Tools

Drs Marcel van der Pol

www.KERIDWEN.com

Lecturing is not just

giving the facts or

telling th

e story

The Arrow in the Bull’s EyeTales & Theatre (Archery) principles:

≽ tension & relaxation, ≽ gripping & releasing, ≽ aiming & hitting

sender

receiver

receiver

sender

mediamessage

response

knowledge, history, values,

etc

knowledge, history, values,

etc

.

presentation

Who is responsible?What for?

*Information processingUse them Playfully and Effectively in Stories and Lectures!

• Senses: V.A.K.(O.G.)

– seeing, hearing, feeling/moving, smelling, testing• Matching vs. Mismatching

– Recognition vs. Exceptions• Forest vs. Trees

– Overview vs. Details

• Options vs. Procedures– Possibilities vs. Structure & Truth

Tales & Theatre as Teaching Tool

content student context

Recording Experiencing

Adapting Opening up Processing

Sharing

....….................. Doing ....…..................

....….................. Making ....…..................

....….................. ....….................. Reflecting ....….................. ....…..................

....….................. ....….................. Integrating ....….................. ....…..................

= possible starting point for your story

*Tales as Teaching ToolsLevels of telling a good story

1. Pleasure*Fun, no rules

2. Education *Culture, Morals, Reflection

3. Transformation*Change in Perception & Reality

4. Magic*Unspeakable, Wisdom

*Basic Elements Educational Storiesstep by step...

1Scenery, Era

2Accommodation

3Main character(s)

4What’s going on:

Question, Dilemma, Challenge

5Helper(s),

Resource(s)

6Obstacles

7Solutions,

Possibilities

8Final Outcome,

Result

9Telling the Story:

Enlarging Mindframes

naar : Alida Gersie,, Joseph Campbell,, Keridwen

*Tales & Theatre in Education

* Encountering

1. Here-and-now

2. Contact

3. Contract

* Performing

1. Present

2. Wrapping up

3. Presenting

* Story

1. Outline

2. Content

3. Interaction

* Storyteller

1. Liking

2. Daring

3. Performing

Directing your Lessons

• Agatha Christie style - inductive

• Columbo style - deductive

• Nested loops style - deductive & inductive

Facts, figures & contexts

Lecture / Story

Essence

Agath

a Chris

tie Columbo

Designing Tales in Lectures

Story Dynamics & Lecture Dynamics

Interactions vs Keeping on Track

Accent? (+/-)

Bomans Scenario

• Alternative Stories: telling

you about my uncle....

• Use playfully: perspectives,

positions, paradigms and

story elements

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•Adventure Tales as Teaching Tool

Some Story elements:• Prologue

• Waking up call: -/+• Sentry: Stop!, Warning!• Adventure: traveling

companions, opponents, insights

• Dragon + Treasure• Epilogue = New Prologue• Director, Helper, Teacher:

Tour Leader / Tour Guide

The Adventure of Exploring & Learning

Director

Actor AudienceHero

Sentry Helper

Paradigm shifts

Performance Dynamics

Selfdirecting_3.3 in Teaching

BL BRBC

CRCL

FRFL FC

C

• Theatre as Teaching Tool

• The Classroom as a Stage

• Better Teaching/Lecturing by Performing

B = Back

C = Centre

F = Front

L = Left

R = Right

Learning:Inside or Out of…?

Zelfportret

*Researcher

*Artist

*Judge

*WarriorFour Appearances of the Creative Teacher

The Biggest Challenge?

Thanks to the Creative Whack Pack of Roger van Oech

The Arrow in the Bull’s Eye

Telling a Good Story Well, The Biggest Challenge?

The Biggest Challenge?

*Tales as Teaching ToolsStages of Transformation

1. Open Story*My possible version of reality

2. Closed Story *My story is true

3. Frozen Story*This is how it allways goes.

4. Liquefying the story*Enlarging my Frame of Mind: different

stories are possible, too.

Liquefying the Story, The Biggest Challenge?

Somtimes it’s good to know a Guide, who can support you to get past the Dragon and claim your Treasure.

The Dance of the Hero helps you to shoot your

Educational Arrow in the Bull’s Eye

Welcome

Marcel van der Polwww.KERIDWEN.com

www.THEDANCEOFTHEHERO.com