@article{aup:/content/journals/10.5117/FORUM2020.1.SELD, author = "Selderslaghs, Bob", title = "Mantle of the Expert: Drama en actieonderzoek in het kunstonderwijs", journal= "FORUM+", year = "2020", volume = "27", number = "1", pages = "36-44", doi = "https://doi.org/10.5117/FORUM2020.1.SELD", url = "https://www.aup-online.com/content/journals/10.5117/FORUM2020.1.SELD", publisher = "Amsterdam University Press", issn = "0779-7397", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "participation", keywords = "participatie", keywords = "art education", keywords = "drama", keywords = "kunsteducatie", abstract = "Abstract   Mantle of the Expert uses drama as a learning tool. This educational approach was developed in the UK and is gaining a foothold in Flanders too. The main idea behind Mantle of the Expert is that pupils complete their curriculum by acting as if they are a group of experts: scientists in a laboratory, archaeologists digging up a tomb, a rescue team facing a natural disaster … They take on the mantle of an expert and create a fictional world together with their teacher. Subsequently, they are cast to perform an important task for a client. Bob Selderslaghs introduced this method in Flanders, expanding it from a learning tool to a learning objective through participatory action research. He lists several prerequisites to help theatremakers and teaching artists turn young participants into full-fledged contributors to the artistic research and creation process.", }