‘Making Our Own Story’ – Promoting Student Agency Through a Narrator Role
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20501913 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nick Kitchener-Bentley (Instituto de Educação da Universidade de Lisboa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 16-30 |
| Publication date | 2026-01-02 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Changing English (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1358-684X • E-ISSN: 1469-3585 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1358684x.2025.2578761 |
| OpenAlex | W4416298970 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
This piece of writing considers the ways in which the teacher adopting the process drama approach of a narrator role can promote student agency when co-constructing fictional work. Drawing upon transcripts and stills from moments of classroom learning in drama, and student discussions from semi-structured group interviews, I examine what happened when I used a narrator role as part of lessons on Darkwood Manor, a sequence of gothic drama, with three different Year 7 drama classes. Considering the conception of knowledge and direct instruction in the Department for Education’s Initial Teacher Training and Early Career Framework, I discuss what I learnt about a different view of learning through lessons and conversations with my students; one in which the teacher works with the students to make meaning
Higher education · Narrative · Qualitative research · Teaching method · Film in Education and Therapy · Higher Education Practises and Engagement · Identity, Memory, and Therapy
| Highly cited | No |
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