‘Teaching as Theatre': Engaging in trauma as a form of learning

Higher Ed Heroes

Higher Ed Heroes
‘Teaching as Theatre': Engaging in trauma as a form of learning
Nov 13, 2024 Season 5 Episode 2
Al Stark, Lynda Shevellar, Lindy Andren, Norm Sheehan

In this episode, Al and special co-host Lynda Shevellar talk to Lindy Andren and Prof Norm Sheehan (both from the University of Queensland). Their topic is about ‘teaching as theatre’ and how – from their respective student and teacher perspectives - a particular, traumatic, but deliberately staged event in the classroom profoundly changed students’ lives. Trigger warning: this episode contains references to violence, the brutality of settler colonialism, and traumatic indigenous experiences.