Gripping, Inspiring and Creative Teaching (Lecturing), based on Keridwen's Self Directing 3.3 and The Arrow in the Bull's Eye. Teach the Teacher Workshop. Budapest, Sept. 2014

1. SELF DIRECTING 3.3
INSPIRING & CREATIVE TEACHING
SEPTEMBER 2014
MARCEL VAN DER POL
KERIDWEN, ENLARGE YOUR FRAME OF MIND
INFO:
MARCEL@KERIDWEN.NL
CALL MARCEL: +31 6 506 802 13
CALL JUDIT: 0036 20 61 31 065

3. The Arrow in the Bull’s Eye
Tales & Theatre as Teaching Tools
Drs Marcel van der Pol
www.KERIDWEN.com

4. Tales & Theatre
as Teaching Tools
A = X+Y+Z
A = The Arrow in the Bull’s Eye
X = Tension & Relaxation
Y = Gripping & Letting go
Z = Aiming & Hitting

6. The Arrow in the Bull’s Eye
Tales & Theatre (Archery) principles:
≽ tension & relaxation, ≽ gripping & releasing, ≽ aiming & hitting

7. sender
receiver
receiver
sender
media
message
response
knowledge,
history, values,
etc
knowledge,
history, values,
etc
.
presentation
Who is responsible?
What for?

8. Information Processing
Use them Playfully and Effectively in Stories and Lectures!
• Senses: V.A.K.(O.G.)
– seeing, hearing, feeling/moving, smelling, testing
• Matching vs. Mismatching
– Recognition vs. Exceptions
• Forest vs. Trees
– Overview vs. Details
• Options vs. Procedures
– Possibilities vs. Structure & Truth

9. Tales & Theatre as Teaching Tool
content student context
Recording Experiencing
Adapting Opening up Processing
Sharing
....….................. Doing ....…..................
....….................. Making ....…..................
....….................. ....….................. Reflecting ....….................. ....…..................
....….................. ....….................. Integrating ....….................. ....…..................
= possible starting point for your story

10. TALES AS TEACHING TOOLS
LEVELS OF TELLING A GOOD STORY
1. Pleasure
• Fun, no rules
2. Education
• Culture, Morals, Reflection
3. Self Directing
• Change in Perception & Reality
4. Magic
• Unspeakable, Wisdom

11. BASIC ELEMENTS EDUCATIONAL
STORIES
STEP BY STEP...
1
Scenery, Era
2
Accommodation
3
Main character(s)
4
What’s going on:
Question, Dilemma,
Challenge
5
Helper(s),
Resource(s)
6
Obstacles
7
Solutions,
Possibilities
8
Final Outcome,
Result
9
Telling the Story:
Enlarging Frames of
Mind
naar:AlidaGersie,,JosephCampbell,,Keridwen

12. Tales & Theatre in Education
Encounter
1. Here-and-now
2. Contact
3. Contract
Performance
1. Present
2. Wrapping up
3. Presenting
Story
1. Outline
2. Content
3. Interaction
Storyteller
1. Liking
2. Daring
3. Performing

13. Directing your Lessons

14. •Agatha Christie style - induction
•Columbo style - deduction
•Nested loops style - combination
Facts, figures & contexts
Lecture / Story
Essence
Designing Tales in Lectures

15. Story Dynamics & Lecture Dynamics
Interactions vs Keeping on Track
Accent? (+/-)

16. Making Up Scenario’s
• Alternative Stories: telling you
about my uncle....
•Use playfully: perspectives,
positions, paradigms and story
elements
Godfried Bomans

17. Josephcampbell&MarcelvanderPol
Home
Departure
(leaving/aiming)
Context
Dragon & Treasure
Call (who/what)
Sentry (stop!)
Traveling Companions?
(friend/foe)
Encounters
Events
Developments
Helper (stijl)
Arrival (change?)
•Adventures Tales as Teaching Tools

18. The Adventure of Exploring & Learning

19. -Sentry & Lamppost
Self Directing 3.3 in Teaching

20. BL BRBC
CRCL
FRFL FC
C
• The Classroom as a Stage
• Theatre as Teaching Tool
• Better Teaching/Lecturing by Performing
B = Back
C = Centre
F = Front
L = Left
R = Right

21. Learning:
Inside or Outside …?

22. Zelfportret
Researcher
Artist
Judge
WarriorFour Appearances of the Creative Teacher
The Biggest Challenge?
Thanks to the Creative Whack Pack of Roger van Oech

23. The Arrow in the
Bull’s Eye
Telling a Good Story Well,
The Biggest Challenge?

24. The Biggest Challenge?

25. Tales As Teaching Tools
Stages of Transformation
1. Open Story
• My possible version of reality
2. Closed Story
• My story is true
3. Frozen Story
• This is how it allways goes.
4. Liquefying the story
• Enlarging my Frame of Mind:
different stories are possible, too.
Liquefying the Story, The Biggest Challenge?

26. Learning & Teaching Styles

27. Learning & Teaching Styles

28. It is not how intelligent you are.
But how you are intelligent
HowardGardner
80%

29. MINDMAPPING THE STORY
DEVELOPING LESSONS & STORIES
3 stages,
3 MindMaps:
•Constructin
g
•Teaching
style
•Learning
style

30. Visibility
• Font size - 1 cm / 3 meter
• Legibility
• Position screen
• Don’t block the screen
Making preparations
How to Use Visual Media
Simplicity
• Every item its own slide
• Keep content simple & accurate
• 7 words / line & 7 lines / slide
• Slides: less is more

31. Travelling as a real Hero is...
...like travelling with spoon and egg

32. The horseflower-paradox:
If you can’t get rid of them,
you could try to love them!?

33. The Chimney Paradox
Tales & Theatre: Source Of Creativity, Empowerment & Teaching
• Out of Your Box
• Wisdom
• Logic
• Facts
Chassidic Creative
Problem Solving

34. Sometimes it’s good to know
a Guide, who can support
you to get past the Dragon
and claim your Treasure.
The Dance of the Hero
helps you to shoot your
Educational Arrow in the
Bull’s Eye
Welcome
Marcel van der Pol
www.KERIDWEN.com
www.THEDANCEOFTHEHERO.com