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Chapter 4 - The Better Strangers/Shakespeare Reloaded Project

Seeking Educational Ardenspaces

from Part I - Reimagining Shakespeare with/in Schools

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2023

Liam E. Semler
Affiliation:
University of Sydney
Claire Hansen
Affiliation:
Australian National University, Canberra
Jacqueline Manuel
Affiliation:
University of Sydney
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This chapter describes the Better Strangers/Shakespeare Reloaded project, which is a collaborative education research partnership between the University of Sydney and Barker College (Sydney). The project’s initial design and its philosophical grounding in complexity theory are discussed before a detailed account is given of one teacher’s long-term involvement in project activities. The chapter describes many research and teaching initiatives and outputs generated during the life of the project and explains how they represent a pursuit of educational ardenspaces. Such ardenspaces are argued to be a necessary response to overly constraining educational systems because they allow imagination, creativity and freedom to flourish in teaching and learning.

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Reimagining Shakespeare Education
Teaching and Learning through Collaboration
, pp. 69 - 84
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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