PIE SIG Podcast
This podcast explores the benefits of using performance related approaches and activities in the classroom and the lives of the people who use them.
Episodes
12 episodes
Episode 10: CALL X PIE feat. JALTCALL SIG President Brian Gallagher
Are CALL and PIE Compatible?When should we embrace computer technology… and when does it make more sense to use pen and paper?Can students use AI without losing their creativity and humanity?In Part 1 o...
エピソード#9: 舞台から広がる学び、心でつながる —— 斉木ゆかり教授を迎えて Japanese Language Edition
エピソード概要（日本語版）：このエピソードでは、街頭で絵カードと語りで演じられていた伝統的な日本の「紙芝居」について短い物語をお届けします。紙芝居は現代のマンガやアニメの重要な先駆けとして広く認識されています。その後、東海大学の教授・斎木由香里さんが、留学生に日本語を教える経験から得たパフォーマンスベースの指導法について洞察を共有します。斎木さんは、この伝統芸術や他のパフォーマンス技法を革新的にアレンジし、学習者に主体性を持たせ、協働を育み、教室での自信を築く...
Episode 9: Paper on the Stage, Connection in the Heart feat. Professor Saiki, Yukari (English Edition)
Episode Description (English):このエピソードの日本語版は2026年4月7日に公開されます。A Japanese-language version of this episode will be released on April 7, 2026.This episode begins with a brief story about KAMI-SHI-BAI 「紙芝居」 Japanese "paper t...
Episode 8: Just Beyond the Comfort Zone with Educator Heather Kretschmer
What happens when the very thing that once unsettled you becomes exactly what your students need?In this episode, we explore the development of a teacher who once stepped away from performance because of anxiety. Heather...
Episode 7: Rhythm and Embodied Learning feat. Dr. Kim Rockell - Part 2
Episode 7 : Rhythm and Embodied Learning - Part 2Dr. Rockell’s path moves through ethnomusicology and language teaching in Japan and Taiwan, and back to New Zealand for graduate study supported by a ...
Episode 6: Rhythm and Embodied Learning feat. Dr. Kim Rockell
Can teachers who do not consider themselves musical still use music to help students develop a sense of English rhythm?In this episode, Dr. Kim Rockell, an ethnomusicologist and language educator at Komazawa University in Tokyo, refl...
Episode 5: The Path to Pro-c Creativity feat. Dr. Dawn Kobayashi
Episode 5: The Path to Pro-c Creativity feat. Dr. Dawn KobayashiDr. Dawn Kobayashi (Onomichi City University) first encountered drama as a shy teenager on England’ssouth coast, when a high-school drama electiv...
Episode 4: The Transformative Power of Theatre feat. Educator Kevin Bergman - Part 2
Join host Darren Kinsman for a captivating dive into the power of performance in education with Juilliard-trained actor and educator Kevin Bergman. Step into the magical world of theatre, where tough boys rediscover play amid prop...
Dr. Thomas Robb on Extensive Reading (Past Present, & Future) PIE SIG Podcast+ Episode #1
PIE SIG Podcast+ is a sister podcast to the PIE SIG podcast, but focuses on current activities on the PIE scene, like upcoming conferences, recently published PIE articles, and student performances. In this episode, Darren interview...
Episode 3: The Transformative Power of Theatre feat. Educator Kevin Bergman - Part 1
----------------------------------------- Over three decades, educator Kevin Bergman has dir...
Episode 2: Drama & Film in the Classroom feat. Educator, Ashley Ford-Mihashi
Episode 2: Performance and Student Filmmaking with Ashley Ford-MihashiWhen shy students step on stage or in front of a camera, they find confidence they didn’t know they had. Ashley Ford-Mihashi, lecturer at Nagoya City Uni...
Episode 1: From Readers’ Theatre to AI: Inside the PIE SIG, feat. PIE Founder, David Kluge
What if acting, debate, and even song lyrics could actually help students learn better? That’s exactly what David Kluge believes, and he’s been putting these ideas into action for decades.David, a former professor at Nanzan University an...
