Stream the interactive panel featuring Seamus Curtain Magee, Jessica Smith, Pollyanna Nowicki and Curly Fernandez from the 2024 Bell Shakespeare National Teacher Conference with the Teacher Membership.
Featuring Inclusive Educator Seamus Curtain-Magee, Actor and Teaching Artist Pollyanna Nowicki, Drama Teacher Jessica Smith Forbes High School NSW, Teaching Artist Curly Fernandez, Chaired by Joanna Erskine
Runtime: 63 mins
In this enriching conversation, a range of teachers and arts practitioners will discuss Shakespeare and underrepresented and/or marginalised people, including young people with lived experience of disability/ies, neurodiversity, and EAL/D learners. The discussion will include sharing of strategies, approaches in regards to teaching Shakespeare to students from marginalised and/or underrepresented young people. Panellists will discuss the challenges and opportunities of teaching Shakespreare and other classic texts to students in these settings.
The discussion will include conversation around barriers to accessing Shakespeare for marginalised and/or underrepresented young people, strategies and resources that have been proven successful in engaging marginalised and/or underrepresented young people with Shakespeare. Featuring real stories and reflections from lived experiences, this is an important conversation that will help teachers engage with all learners in meaningful ways.
