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Gardiner, Paul Dr

Lecturer, Creativity and the Arts

  • Ewing Postdoctoral Reseach Fellow - Sydney School of Education, The University of Sydney 2015 - 2016

Overview

Paul is an experienced Secondary Drama and English teacher.  He has been Chief examiner for HSC Drama and a Senior Marker for the Scriptwriting component of the NSW HSC Drama examination. He established and lead successful Drama departments in the schools in which he taught before embarking on his doctoral study.  His PhD research focussed on playwriting pedagogy and creativity in the context of an external high stakes examination, resulting in his book Teaching playwriting: Creativity in practice,  published by Methuen Drama UK in 2019. He was the Director of Research for Drama Australia (2015-16) and is currently a committee member of Drama NSW.

Top Publications

    Year Title
    2018 Structured creative processes in learning playwriting: invoking imaginative pedagogies
    Published in   Cambridge Journal of Education
    2017 Rethinking feedback: Playwriting pedagogy as teaching and learning for creativity
    Published in   Teaching and Teacher Education
    2017 Playwriting and Flow: The Interconnection Between Creativity, Engagement and Skill Development
    Published in   International Journal of Education and the Arts

Selected Publications

  • Journal Article

    Year Title
    2020
    Learning to think together: Creativity, interdisciplinary collaboration and epistemic control
    Published In
    Thinking Skills and Creativity
    2018
    Structured creative processes in learning playwriting: invoking imaginative pedagogies
    Published In
    Cambridge Journal of Education
    2017
    Playwriting and Flow: The Interconnection Between Creativity, Engagement and Skill Development
    Published In
    International Journal of Education and the Arts
    2017
    Rethinking feedback: Playwriting pedagogy as teaching and learning for creativity
    Published In
    Teaching and Teacher Education
    2016
    Playwriting pedagogy and the myth of intrinsic creativity
    Published In
    Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance
    2015
    Why playwriting? Dealing with the 'big issues' and empowering student voices
    Published In
    NJ Drama Australia Journal
    2012
    Can you read that again?: Playwriting, literacy and reading the 'spoken' word
    Published In
    English in Australia

  • Book

    Year Title
    2019
    Teaching playwriting: Creativity in practice
    Publisher
    London

  • Chapter

    Year Title
    2017
    Play(writ)ing together: Creative collaboration in the context of individual performance
    Published In
    Playing with possibilities
    Publisher
    Newcastle upon Tyne
    2015
    What's wrong with the way we teach playwriting?
    Published In
    The state of the art: Teaching drama in the 21st century
    Publisher
    Sydney

  • Other Publications

    Year Title
    2020
    Leadership for Learning Frameworks

Top Publications

    Year Title
    2018 Structured creative processes in learning playwriting: invoking imaginative pedagogies
    Published in   Cambridge Journal of Education
    2017 Rethinking feedback: Playwriting pedagogy as teaching and learning for creativity
    Published in   Teaching and Teacher Education
    2017 Playwriting and Flow: The Interconnection Between Creativity, Engagement and Skill Development
    Published in   International Journal of Education and the Arts

Selected Publications

  • Journal Article

    Year Title
    2020
    Learning to think together: Creativity, interdisciplinary collaboration and epistemic control
    Published In
    Thinking Skills and Creativity
    2018
    Structured creative processes in learning playwriting: invoking imaginative pedagogies
    Published In
    Cambridge Journal of Education
    2017
    Playwriting and Flow: The Interconnection Between Creativity, Engagement and Skill Development
    Published In
    International Journal of Education and the Arts
    2017
    Rethinking feedback: Playwriting pedagogy as teaching and learning for creativity
    Published In
    Teaching and Teacher Education
    2016
    Playwriting pedagogy and the myth of intrinsic creativity
    Published In
    Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance
    2015
    Why playwriting? Dealing with the 'big issues' and empowering student voices
    Published In
    NJ Drama Australia Journal
    2012
    Can you read that again?: Playwriting, literacy and reading the 'spoken' word
    Published In
    English in Australia

  • Book

    Year Title
    2019
    Teaching playwriting: Creativity in practice
    Publisher
    London

  • Chapter

    Year Title
    2017
    Play(writ)ing together: Creative collaboration in the context of individual performance
    Published In
    Playing with possibilities
    Publisher
    Newcastle upon Tyne
    2015
    What's wrong with the way we teach playwriting?
    Published In
    The state of the art: Teaching drama in the 21st century
    Publisher
    Sydney

  • Other Publications

    Year Title
    2020
    Leadership for Learning Frameworks
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