Symposium proves to be a great success.

The beautiful Dartington Estate near Totnes in Devon was recently the setting for a symposium to debate the notion of utilising the creative arts as a motivation tool education. Comments like the one below confirm that the symposium was a success; a full evaluation is currently being prepared. There were six speakers present, all gave their services free, for which we are extremely grateful. Below are links to both the presentations and questions relating to each speaker.

Emily Bull is the education officer for Kompany Malaki who create unique inter-disciplinary experiences rooted in dance and movement http://www.kompanymalakhi.com. Her presentation can be heard here. The audience's response to Emily's presentation and subsequent questions can be heard here.

Karma Tucker (performance artist) created a presentation based on the subject of street dance and street culture. Her presentation can be heard here. Karma's question time can be heard here, Gareth Ballyn, who is an M.A. student at Dartington College of Arts, has taught in the arts for over ten years and has been investigating the curating of student's art work in unusual places. His presentation on his Mahali project can be heard here. Questions relating to Gareth's presentation can be heard here.

Caroline Cash was until recently a Research Fellow for Learning and Teaching who seeks to support colleagues in undertaking research into their own teaching practice and to disseminate findings through publication and conference presentation. Caroline's presentation on Neuro-diversity can be heard here. Responses to Caroline's presentation can be heard here.

Pauline Ridley's presentation looked at the inclusion of art within academic subjects and contained a wealth of both anecdotal and experiential pedagogical information. Her presentation can be heard here. Responses to Pauline's presentation can be heard here.
As well as the above we are extremely grateful to Pauline Ridley for allowing us to view her presentation, complete with links mentioned in the above podcast, it can be viewed here.

Sandy Akerman not only teachers Forum Theatre, she was also taught by its inventor Augustus Boal. Her presentation on both the ways that Forum Theatre can be used and its influences are explained here. The Forum Theatre demonstration can be accessed here.

All the Symposium talks audio files are available here