Show Notes
In this 'Commission Conversation' Geoff Barton, Chair of the Commission on the Future of Oracy Education in England talks to Lisa Stephenson about story as a way into the curriculum, storytelling as a means to draw on children's linguistic strengths and cultural heritage and how drama pedagogy can support the development of children's social-emotional competencies. Lisa Stephenson is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education. Her teaching and research specialism is creative (drama) learni...
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