Ethnodrama as Professional Development

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium is intended to create rich dialogue about the use of ethnodrama as a form of professional development. The session will highlight three diverse approaches that draw content from different areas of research: teacher leadership development, educational policy studies, and community literacy. Each set of presenters will discuss the grounds for their approach and then will stage a brief performance. Audience interaction will be structured before and after each presentation. Following Belliveau, our goal is to spark the imagination and help the audience imagine the use of theatre to envision the prospects for change.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Arts-Based Educational Research

Chairs

• Andrew Babson, The University of Pennsylvania

• Marianna Staroselsky, University of Chicago

Papers

• The Drama of Teacher Leadership - Kristin Kusanovich, Santa Clara University; Jerome A. Cranston, University of Manitoba

• Inquiry Theater: Puzzles Matter More Than Maps - Charles F. Vanover, University of South Florida; Tiffany Octavia Harris, University of Illinois

• Teaching Teachers Antiracism in Charleston, South Carolina: An Ethnodrama - K. Nicola Williams, St. Mary's County Public Schools - Maryland

Discussant

• Sarah Reed Hobson, SUNY - College at Cortland