Development of Mantle of the Expert in Drama in Education in the United Kingdom

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  • イギリスのドラマ教育における「専門家のマント」の展開
  • イギリス ノ ドラマ キョウイク ニ オケル 「 センモンカ ノ マント 」 ノ テンカイ

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<p>　　Mantle of the expert (MoE) is a drama method where children assume the roles of experts and are assigned a task by a fictitious client. Children in the role learn several aspects of different subjects by tackling the task. MoE has been recognized as one of the tool kits for a lesson. However, for Dorothy Heathcote, who developed this method, it meant more than that. According to Heathcote, several lessons are necessary for MoE and the learning through MoE should always be cross-curricular. </p><p>　　Indirectness is the key for bringing children into a role. An enterprise, a client and a problem are the three elements of the imaginary situation. Setting up an enterprise needs to be secured.</p><p>　　After the 2000s, the potential of MoE which Heathcote had expected began to unfold by the emergence of schools adopting this method across the whole school. Bealings Primary School and Woodrow First School are among them. Cross-curricular learning through MoE is incorporated into the school curriculum as an integral part. Luke Abbot and the network he founded, MoE.com, have been playing an important role in this new development; he has kept the website active, while offering workshops for teachers.</p>

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