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“Structured Spontaneity in the Higher Ed Classroom: How Improvisational Theatre Can Get You and Your Students Out of the Lecture Rut”
Dr. Andrea Buchholz
April 29, 2019
Have you ever had that out-of-body experience while lecturing, where you float up to the ceiling, look down at yourself and say, “You’re boring. You’re talking too much. In fact, you’re droning. The students are sleeping. Look – that one is even drooling. Help!”
I’m glad I’m not the only one.
Lecturing in higher education can bear a striking resemblance to traditional scripted theatre. Lectures are designed and delivered with little or no involvement from students, just as plays are designed and delivered with no involvement from the audience. The instructor uses PowerPoint to deliver content in the same way that an actor uses a script to deliver lines. An invisible fourth wall separates students from the instructor, just as it separates the audience from the actor. In this keynote address, learn why and how adapting elements of spontaneity and improvisational theatre (no script! Audience involvement! No fourth wall!) can engage instructors and students in content in a fun and educational way.
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