PGCE Research Bites 16 - Creating an Accountable Anti Racist Space in Drama

PGCE research bites is back! Our student teachers have completed the latest set of assignments in which they address an area of interest or need in their schools. Reviewing the literature and outlining arguments and recommendations, our student teachers have all presented a visual summary of their research to their schools. Over the next few weeks we're bringing some of the best work to a wider audience in podcast and video form.

Today, Cara Whitfield from PGCE Secondary Drama discusses with Emma her research into creating accountable anti-racist spaces in the drama classroom.

If you'd like to listen to this as a podcast, you can check out Emma and Tom Talk Teaching, which is available on all good podcast platforms.

Thanks to Cara for making her visual summary available, which you can download here: https://media.blubrry.com/pgcepodcast...

Cara's six main sources are:

Williams, C., 2021. Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities, Contributions and

Cynefin in the New Curriculum Working Group. Available at: https://dera.ioe.ac.uk/37607/1/black-...

Utt, J. and Tochluk, S. (2016). ‘White Teacher, Know Thyself.’ Urban Education, 55(1) doi:10.1177/0042085916648741.

Smith, L. (2020) ‘Top Ten Texts: A Survey of Commonly-taught KS3 Class Readers’, Teaching English, 23, pp.30-33.

Tanner, S.J., Miller, E.T. and Montgomery, S. (2018). We might play different parts: theatrical improvisation and anti-racist pedagogy. Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 23(4), pp.523–538. doi:10.1080/13569783.2018.1494557.

Gallagher, K. and Rivière, D. (2007). When drama praxis rocks the boat: struggles of subjectivity, audience, and performance.

Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 12(3), pp.319–330. doi:10.1080/13569780701560412.

Carter, C. and Sallis, R. (2016). Dialogues of diversity: examining the role of educational drama techniques in affirming diversity and supporting inclusive educational practices in primary schools. NJ, 40(1), pp.78–88. doi:10.1080/14452294.2016.1239504.

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Recorded in studio B2.16 at Cardiff Metropolitan University's Cyncoed Campus on 17th March 2023