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These articles are a good introduction to Mantle of the Expert

Viv Aitken – Mantle of the Expert – A Brief Introduction. This is a chapter from ‘Connecting Curriculum, Linking Learning’

Dorothy Heathcote – Contexts for Active Learning, Four Models. In this seminal article Professor Heathcote introduces her four models for forging links between schooling and society: Drama used to explore people; Mantle of the Expert; Rolling Role; and the Commission Model

Jenny Lewis – Mantle of the Expert – The Sea Company. This article was first published in the NUT magazine and outlines Jenny’s moe work with her year 2 class.

Luke Abbott – Mantle of the Expert as a route to irresistible learning and transformative teaching.

Tim Taylor – The Paradox of Mantle of the Expert: “How can children be experts?”

Tim Taylor – Using Mantle of the Expert – The Tudor House

Brian Edmiston – Authoring Complexity with Dialogic Dramatic Inquiry. In this important article, Professor Edmiston theorizes dramatic inquiry as a new pedagogy.

Michael Bunting – Questions, Questions, Questions. Drawing extensively on the work of Dorothy Heathcote and Luke Abbott, Michael has drawn together a categorized list of many of the most important questions used in dramatic-inquiry.

Reading List

Timescale	Author	Title	Media	Form	Level
1st Term	T. Taylor	Introductory chapter to A Beginner’s Guide to Mantle of the Expert	Extract	Required reading	Introduction
	L. Abbott	Mantle of the Expert’ as a Route to Irresistible Learning and Transformative Teaching.Forum Vol 59 No 3, 2017 pp 423-431	Article	Required reading	Introduction
	T. Taylor	A Beginner’s Guide to Mantle of the Expert	Book	Required reading	Foundation
	D. Heathcote	The Authentic Teacher and the Future	Article	Required reading	Foundation
	C. O’Neill	Foreword to Drama for Learning	Extract	Required reading	Foundation
	C. Lawrence	Teacher and Role – A drama teaching partnership	Article	Required reading	Core
	Morgan & Saxton	Asking Better Questions	Book	Required reading	Core
	L. Abbott	The Dramatic Imagination	Article	Required reading	Core
	G. Bolton	Situation Vs Story	Extract	Required reading	Core
	B. Edmiston	What’s My Position?	Article	Required reading	Core
	V. Aitken	Dorothy Heathcote’s Mantle of the Expert Approach	Extract	Required reading	Core
	T. Taylor	Some background on Mantle of the Expert	Blog	Suggested reading	Foundation
	T. Taylor	A Brief Introduction to Mantle of the Expert	Blog	Suggested reading	Foundation
	T. Taylor	Drama for Learning and Mantle of the Expert	Blog	Suggested reading	Foundation
	H. Roberts	Oops! Helping children learn accidentally	Book	Suggested reading	Wider view
2nd Term	D. Heathcote	Active Learning – Four Models	Article	Required reading	Core
	T. Taylor	Using dramatic imagination to develop writing	Blog	Required reading	Core
	T. Taylor	The Problem with Praise	Blog	Required reading	Core
	J. Fines	Imagination in History Teaching	Article	Required reading	Core
	Morgan & Saxton	Teaching Drama: A Mind of Many Wonders	Book	Suggested reading	Core
	Fines & Verrier	The Drama of History	Book	Suggested reading	Advanced
	A. Kohn	Punished by Rewards	Book	Suggested reading	Wider view
	D. Willingham	Why Don’t Students Like School	Book	Suggested reading	Wider view
	T. Taylor	Preparing the Ground for Planting Knowledge	Blog	Suggested reading	Core
	T. Taylor	The Three Modes of Teaching	Blog	Suggested reading	Core
	L. Abbott	The Dramas of History	Article	Suggested reading	Core
	L. Abbott	Learning Lessons from Children	Article	Suggested reading	Core
	Abbott & Edmiston	Contexts Between Play, Drama, and Learning	Article	Suggested reading	Core
	Abbott & Edmiston	Curriculum and Pedagogy in the Classroom	Article	Suggested reading	Core
	G. Bolton	Dorothy Heathcote’s Story: Biography	Book	Suggested reading	Core
3rd Term	C. O’Neill	Dorothy Heathcote on Education and Drama	Book	Suggested reading	Advanced
	Bolton & Heathcote	Drama for Learning	Book	Suggested reading	Advanced
	K. Egan	Teaching as Story Telling	Book	Suggested reading	Wider view
	K. Egan	The cognitive tools of children’s imagination	Article	Suggested reading	Wider view
	J. Harste	What Education as Inquiry is and isn’t	Article	Suggested reading	Wider view
	D. Kidd	Assessment as an Act of Love	Article	Suggested reading	Wider view
	A. Kohn	Unconditional Teaching	Article	Suggested reading	Wider view
	T. Taylor	Why telling the truth is better for learning	Blog	Suggested reading	Core
	T. Taylor	The Divisions of Culture	Blog	Suggested reading	Advanced
	T. Taylor	Make-believe is not the same as lying	Blog	Suggested reading	Core
	T. Taylor	Creating bridges into the past	Blog	Suggested reading	Advanced
	T. Taylor	Making learning urgent and important	Blog	Suggested reading	Advanced
	T. Taylor	Teaching Using The Circle of Progression	Blog	Suggested reading	Advanced
	B. Wagner	Dorothy Heathcote: Drama as a Learning Medium	Book	Suggested reading	Advanced
	O’Neill & Lambert	Drama Structures – A Practical Handbook for Teachers	Book	Suggested reading	Wider view
	Bowell & Heap	Planning Process Drama: Enriching teaching and learning	Book	Suggested reading	Wider view
	G. Bolton	Gavin Bolton: The Essential Writings	Book	Suggested reading	Wider view
	L. Abbott	Four Projections of Role	Thesis	Suggested reading	Advanced
	T. Kowsan	The Sign in the Theatre	Article	Suggested reading	Advanced
	L. Abbott	Drama is Life	Article	Required reading	Advanced