Interactive Theatre Enters the Classroom

James Wilson on episode 194 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast shares about Interactive Theatre in the classroom. Quotes from the episode Humans are hardwired for learning by doing. —James Wilson Everybody in everyday life is an actor … it shouldn’t be deemed an untouchable art form. —James Wilson I haven’t come across a medium of teaching which attaches a higher state of emotion to learning experiences. —James Wilson Resources Mentioned Dementia Reconsidered: the Person Comes First by Tom Kitwood* Choose Your Own Adventure Posts and Podcasts on Teaching in Higher Ed Episode 163 with Stacy Jacob Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande* Episode 117 with Kerry Moore Games for actors and non-actors by Augusto Boal Article about our experience using Forum Theatre Meetoo Turning Technologies Three filmed projects Turning a crisis into an interactive drama: An introductory paper of a ‘clickers theatre’ in nurse education