Keynotes 2018

Friday

Dagmar Abendroth-Timmer: “Unterrichtliche Konfliktsituationen dramapädagogisch und diskursiv ergründen: Ansätze reflexiver Lehrerbildung in der Fremdsprachendidaktik”(lecture in German)

Short bio: Dagmar Abendroth-Timmer is professor for Didaktik der französischen und spanischen Sprache und Kultur at Siegen University, Germany. Her resaearch interests are interculturality, motivation, multilingualism and reflexive teacher education as well as questions of identity construction, education and learning environments. Building on this she introduces aspiring language teachers to methods of drama-in-education in language teaching and simultaneously researches drama-in-education approaches to reflective teacher education.

Literature

Abendroth-Timmer, Dagmar (2017): Reflexive Lehrerbildung und Lehrerforschung in der Fremdsprachendidaktik: Ein Modell zur Definition und Rahmung von Reflexion. In: Zeitschrift für Fremdsprachenforschung 28/1, 101-126.

Haack, Adrian (2018): Dramapädagogik, Selbstkompetenz und Professionalisierung, Performative Identitätsarbeit im Lehramtsstudium Englisch. Wiesbaden: Metzler.

Manen, Max van (1995): On the Epistemology of Reflective Practice. Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice 1/1, 33-50.

Johnson, Karen E. (1994): The Emerging Beliefs and Instructional Practices of Preservice English as a Second Language Teachers. Teaching & Teacher Education 10/4, 439-452.

 Saturday

Lynn Williams: ‘Nothing like a bit of drama to liven things up!’ Making a scene in the ELT classroom.

Short bio:  Lynn Williams has taught English language and literature for over a decade at a local Swiss grammar school. She also works with aspiring teachers of upper secondary at the teacher education institute of the FHNW in Basel. She is particularly interested in literature in the classroom, assessment issues, and differentiated instruction.

Literature tips:   Cropley, A. (2001). Creativity in Education and Learning. A Guide for Teachers and Educators. London and Sterling: Kogan Page.

Maley A. (2005) Drama techniques: a resource book of communication activities for language teachers. 3rd edn. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Williams, L. (2016). Fostering creativity through control: a paradoxical perspective. In: ETAS Journal Vol. 33, issue 3/summer 2016.