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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?

Peilin Liang Teaching

Theatre and Performance Studies Courses

  • TS2217 Introduction to Performance Studies (2013-2015)

  • TS2880A Modern Drama in Asia

  • TS3242 Intercultural Theatre and Performance

  • TS3222 Applied Theatre

  • TS4222 Performance as Research in Applied Theatre

  • TS5101 Text and Performance

  • 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