Professor Andy Kempe

Biography

Responsibilities: Institute of Education Responsibilities: Subject Course Leader, PGCE Drama. Convenor, MA The Arts in Education. Teaching: Initial Teacher Training: Secondary Drama, Professional Studies. Initial Teacher Training: Primary, Voice care, classroom presentation. MA in English and Language in Education: Drama. Master in teaching and Learning: Special Educational Needs, Mentoring. MA The Arts in Education. PGCAP / Graduate School: Voice care, presentation skills.Masters Level Supervision offered in these areas: All of the above. Personal, social and moral education. Mentoring and the role of the personal tutor.Current and Recent Research Projects: Exploring 'domains-based' analysis of family processes through drama. Drama, disability and social justice. Relaxed theatre performances for children with autism. Developing children's creative writing through drama. Drama, disability and education. The development of identity as a specialist teacher of drama. The nature and role of the AST in drama. The effectiveness of a manualised peer-mediated drama-based intervention for adolescents with ASD. Extending trainee teachers' experience of education outside the classroom. The use and care of the teacher's voice. Research groups / Centres: Values in Practice.

Research Interest

Areas of Interest: Expertise and Research Interest: Drama and Theatre Studies. Assessment and progression in drama education. Drama and special educational needs. The place of drama in the curriculum. Drama and the development of literacy. The recruitment and employment of specialist drama teachers in secondary schools. The nature of subject knowledge. The developing professional identity of teachers in the arts. Drama, theatre and social justice. Relaxed performances: theatre for families living with disability