Teaching
Philosophy
I am an academic educator interested in innovating a playful pedagogy for higher learning. My commitment to a playful pedagogy that is embodied, critical and student-centric comes from my passion for the performing arts.
I believe that theatre and performance pedagogy should be just as interactive, transformative, and generative as theatre and performance themselves.
In my pedagogical practice I challenge myself by asking: How can physical boundaries between the instructor and the learners can be shifted and transgressed? How do I generate differentiated knowledge through collaboration in the classroom? How do I ensure learners are immune to the fear of failure while developing creative and critical skills?
Theatre and Performance Studies Courses
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TS2217 Introduction to Performance Studies (2013-2015)
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TS2880A Modern Drama in Asia
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TS3242 Intercultural Theatre and Performance
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TS3222 Applied Theatre
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TS4222 Performance as Research in Applied Theatre
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TS5101 Text and Performance
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TS5232 Performance, History and Cultural Memory
Graduate Supervision
I welcome postgraduate students interested in any aspect of my research areas, especially in applied theatre, performance and healthcare, as well as contemporary theatre of East Asia.
I have supervised the following PhD thesis:
‘Making Theatre, Discerning Silences: Engagements with Social Change in Burma/Myanmar and Thailand’ (2016) Matthew J Yoxall