CFP: CATR 2013 Linking Teaching and Research in Post-Secondary Theatre Environments

[James McKinnon]

Linking Teaching and Research in Post-Secondary Theatre Environments
Seminar Chairs: James McKinnon and Barry Freeman

CATR/ACRT Conference 2013, University of Victoria (Canadian  
Association for Theatre Research/Association Canadienne de la  
recherche théâtrale).

Building on the success of the 2012 ?Creative/Critical Pedagogy  
Seminar? we seek participants who are interested in creating  
productive intersections between teaching and research in  
post-secondary theatre environments.

During the period of this project (January ? May 2013), participants  
will use the ?action research? model1 to develop, share, and evaluate  
teaching and learning strategies that contribute to positive teaching  
and learning outcomes in their own environments, and which can be  
disseminated and replicated in other contexts. We will focus in  
particular on strategies that exploit the potential of theatre to  
stimulate learning ? a goal shared by all drama and theatre academics  
and educators, and also one which acknowledges that our discipline ?  
to a greater extent than most ? constitutes not only a field of  
knowledge to be taught and researched, but also a medium for both  
teaching and research.

Each participant will plan and carry out an experiment that puts drama  
and theatre in the service of a particular learning objective,  
evaluate the efficacy of their strategy, reflect on the results ? and  
disseminate the findings. During the process, we will connect  
regularly through a blog, to exchange ideas, methods, resources, and  
results. Participants will be expected to collaborate through the  
blog, read and critique each other?s drafts, and contribute to our  
public seminar at the CATR/ACRT Conference in Victoria, 1-4June 2012.  
Through this process, participant will develop professional skills,  
engage with scholarship on teaching and learning, and work  
collaboratively toward peer-reviewed research outputs.

We invite proposals from scholar/educators in all areas of  
post-secondary drama and theatre. Prospective participants should send  
a bio along with a 250-word proposal to CATRPedagogy13 at gmail.com by 15  
December 2012. Your proposal should briefly describe the challenge you  
want to address in your particular teaching/learning context.


  1 See Norton, Lin S. Action Research in Teaching and Learning: A  
Practical Guide to Conducting Pedagogical Research in Universities.  
London: Routledge, 2009.