I have today been officially invited to present at the UNESCO World Creative Arts Conference in Portugal in March 2006. My papers will address contemporary pedagogies for K-12 teachers and students in
16 Nov 2005
Colin Schumacher
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I have today been officially invited to present at the UNESCO World Creative Arts Conference in Portugal in March 2006. My papers will address contemporary pedagogies for K-12 teachers and students in Making Meaning OnScreen and my other advanced programs.
My papers will report on:
– the significant shifts in classroom teaching of Screen Production and Screen Story-Telling for HSC submitted projects in English, Visual Arts, Drama, Dance and Design and Technology.
– Case studies of K-6 student’s screen production projects and learning, and how curriculum and non-curriculum outcomes are being met. Plus particular learning trends as reported by classroom teachers in both coastal and regional NSW case study centres.
Colin has a B.Ed (Drama and Film/TV) Deakin University M.A. (Theatre and Film Studies) University of NSW. He is currently Adjunct Professor for Boston University in the Internship Program and Adjunct Senior Lecturer for Charles Sturt University. He was Senior Lecturer in Writing and Directing for Television at Charles Sturt University from 1999-2002. He has been a director and teacher of stage performance and production (most recently 2004 New York's International Fringe Festival); and screen performance and production for over 20 years. He currently enjoys regular off-shore directing, scriptwriting and teaching work in the Maldives, Vietnam, Thailand, and Taiwan. Colin has directed and lectured in theatre and screen performance with Princess Sukhumabinan of Thailand's mentorship for the past 14 years. He has been a screen acting coach for many TV productions (including Home and Away and A Country Practice) and is currently a script-writer for the Disney Channel. Colin has directed over 80 theatre productions from Shakespeare to Rock Opera for numerous Australian and international companies and educational institutions. Overseas he has directed and taught at Thammarsat University, Rajabhat Institute: Suan Sunandha; Nakonsawon, Surin, and Meanprasatvittaya (Thailand); the Hanoi Film and TV Academy; Malesherbes (Paris). Colin is an advisor on a range of educational forums, and he is currently completing his secondary textbook Making Meaning OnScreen - A Student Handbook.
