Open-Space Learning A Study in Transdisciplinary Pedagogy

by Monk, Nicholas; Chillington Rutter, Carol; Neelands, Jonothan; Heron, Jonathan

• ISBN13: 9781849660549
• ISBN10: 1849660549
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-05-15
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

Open-Space Learning offers a unique resource to educators wishing to develop a workshop model of teaching and learning. Despite the vast attention paid to the growth of virtual learning environments in higher education, the authors argue that there is still real value to interaction in the classroom. Drawing on the expertise of the CAPITAL Centre at the University of Warwick they show how the techniques of the theatrical rehearsal room are applicable and highly effective across a wide range of disciplines. The book offers rich case-study materials, supplemented by video and documentary resources available to readers electronically. These practical elements are combined with a discursive strand, which draws on the methods of teaching developed by practitioners such as Paulo Freire and by thinkers such as Vygotsky and David A. Kolb, to develop a formal theory around the notion of Open-space Learning.

Author Biography

Nicholas Monk is Research Fellow at IATL. Carol Chillington Rutter is Professor of English at the University of Warwick and co-Director of IATL. Jonothan Neelands is Chair of Drama and Theatre Education at the University of Warwick. Jonathan Heron is Research Associate at IATL.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations and Tables	p. xiv
Introduction	p. 1
Shakespeare and Open-space Learning	p. 10
On Trial: Shakespeare and the Law	p. 32
Learning to Play with Shakespeare	p. 57
Re-opening Spaces: Between Production and Curriculum	p. 92
Open-space Learning: Practice into Theory	p. 116
Notes	p. 135
Bibliography	p. 138
Index	p. 141
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