Professor Michael Anderson
People_

Professor Michael Anderson

PhD (Sydney), BA (Macquarie), MA (Hons) (UOW), DipEd (UTAS), GCert (Sydney)
Professor of Education (Arts and Creativity)
Phone
+61 2 93517810
Fax
+61 2 93514580
Address
A35 - Education Building
The University of Sydney
Details
Websites
Professor Michael Anderson

Dr Michael Anderson is Professor of Creativity and Arts Education in the Sydney School of Education and Social Work at The University of Sydney and Co-Director of the CREATE Centre. He is an internationally recognised educational leader in school transformation processes. He has taught, researched and published in education and transformation for over 20 years, including 20 books and 65 book chapters and journal articles. His international research and practice focuses on how the 4Cs can be integrated using coherent frameworks to support leaders as they work towards transformation in their contexts. Michael's most recent work emerging from his research and partnerships with schools include How Schools Transform (2024 ed), Transforming Education (Bloomsbury, 2021) and Transforming Schools (2017)

  • Transforming Organizations (with Miranda Jefferson, Bloomsbury, 2019)
  • Transforming Schools (with Miranda Jefferson, Bloomsbury, 2017)
  • Applied Theatre: Research (with Peter O'Connor, Bloomsbury, 2015),
  • Partnerships in Education Research: Creating Knowledge that Matters (with Kelly Freebody, Bloomsbury, 2014),
  • Masterclass in Drama Education (Continuum, UK),

The research reported in these publications uncovers innovative linkages between drama, the arts play, creativity and learning that have the potential to significantly improve learning for young people. Michael was a drama a teacher and Creative Arts Consultant with the NSW Department of Education and has worked for NESA in senior assessment and curriculum roles.

Educational Transformation

  • Re-imagining Curriculum
  • Re-imagining Pedagogy
  • Re-imagining Learning

Creative Arts Education

  • Learning technologies and new media
  • Teacher development and training
  • Creativity education

Applied Theatre

  • Methodological innovation
  • Wellbeing
  • Partnerships

Research on teaching and learning

  • School transformation
  • Methodological innovation

Keywords: drama, arts, teachers, technology, students film, youth culture

  • Drama Teaching and Learning (Master of Teaching and Bachelor Education /Bachelor Arts Humanities)
  • Pedagogy and practices (Bachelor Education /Bachelor Arts Humanities)
  • Creativity
  • Research methods
  • Educational leadership
  • 2023-2026 123 Play: early childhood and arts based play for mental wellbeing research with The Matilda Centre
  • 2023-2026 ASSITEJ Impact of Theatre For Young People
  • 2021 Barking Gecko Audience Research
  • 2017 Chartwell Trust: Creative Schools Initiative ($678,000) Joint research project with the University of Auckland and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Melbourne. Led by Professor Peter O'Connor, The University of Auckland
  • 2015 UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) ; Playing Beowulf: Gaming the Library (AH/M010201/1, $192,000 AUD) Chief Investigator, Led by Professor Andrew Burn. Institute of Education, London
  • The Role of Arts Education in Academic Motivation, Engagement, and Achievement. $344,000 from Australian Research Council (ARC Linkage Grant) and the Australia Council for the Arts with Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney. Colleagues A. Martin and R. Gibson investigated the role of arts education in school students' academic motivation, engagement, and achievement (LP0989687: The Role of Arts Education in Academic Motivation, Engagement, and Achievement)
  • TheatreSpace is a four-year research project investigating the responses of young people (14-30 years of age) to professionally-funded theatre in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. The research aims to discover what attracts, engages and sustains young people's current and future theatre attendance and what factors might exclude them. What factors promote, deter or exclude young people's engagement with theatre in Australia? ARC Linkage (LP0776532): Accessing the Cultural Conversation ($482,000, 2006-2011)
  • Young Mob Program assessment: In partnership with the University of Auckland, applied theatre processes were used as the basis of a research report on the progress and future plans for Young Mob, a programme for Indigenous young leaders in Sydney, Australia
  • Applied Theatre as Research Project. Developing an understanding of the applications of Applied Theatre as a research tool. With the University of Auckland and World Vision Australia ($220,000, 2011-2015).
  • Member, Academic Board, The University of Sydney

  • Member of Higher School Certificate Examination Committee, Office of the Board of Studies

  • Research in Drama Education.Editorial Board Member

  • Applied Theatre Research. Editorial Board Member

  • NJ: Drama Australia Journal. Editorial Board Member

  • Invited themed edition editor: Research in Drama Education (2010) (Drama in Schools) with Kate Donellan

  • Invited themed edition editor: Research in Drama Education (2012) (Drama, technology and innovation)with David Cameron

  • Invited themed edition editor: NJ: Drama Australia Journal (2013) (the legacy of John Carroll and Dorothy Heathcote)

  • 2013 Visiting Fellow, University of British Columbia, Canada

  • 2008 Vice Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Teaching,The University of Sydney

  • 2007 Teaching Excellence Award,Faculty of Education and Social Work,The University of Sydney

  • 2005 Thomas T Roberts Educational Fellowship,The University of Sydney

  • 2005 Ewing Postdoctoral Scholarship,The University of Sydney

  • 2003 Quality Teaching Award,Australian College of Educators,

  • 2003 Distinguished Dissertation Award,American Association of Theatre Educators.

Project titleResearch student
HUMAN - CENTRED AND ONLINE CITIZENS: A STUDY OF DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP THROUGH DRAMA PEDAGOGY.Cathryn HORVAT

Selected publications

next slide
previous slide

Publications

Books

  • Jefferson, M., Anderson, M. (2021). Transforming Education: Reimagining Learning, Pedagogy and Curriculum. London: Bloomsbury. [More Information]
  • Anderson, M., Jefferson, M. (2019). Transforming Organizations: Engaging the 4Cs for Powerful Organizational Learning and Change. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Cameron, D., Anderson, M., Wotzko, R. (2017). Drama and digital arts cultures. London: Bloomsbury. [More Information]

Edited Books

  • Jefferson, M., Anderson, M. (2024). How schools transform: Practices, research and actions that change schools. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Finneran, M., Anderson, M. (2019). Education and Theatres: Beyond the Four Walls. Cham: Springer. [More Information]
  • Freebody, K., Balfour, M., Finneran, M., Anderson, M. (2018). Applied theatre: Understanding change. Cham: Springer. [More Information]

Book Chapters

  • Jefferson, M., Anderson, M. (2024). Conclusion: The threads of transformation: Finding the patterns. In M. Jefferson & M. Anderson (Eds.), How schools transform: Practices, research and actions that change schools, (pp. 181-188). London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ulacco, M., Anderson, M. (2024). How schools transform through creative disruption. In M. Jefferson & M. Anderson (Eds.), How schools transform: Practices, research and actions that change schools, (pp. 103-121). London: Bloomsbury.
  • Anderson, M., Jefferson, M. (2024). Introduction: Sleep walking and waking up: How schools transform. In M. Jefferson & M. Anderson (Eds.), How schools transform: Practices, research and actions that change schools, (pp. 1-13). London: Bloomsbury.

Journals

  • Ginns, P., Martin, A., Freebody, K., Anderson, M., O'Connor, P. (2023). Creative self-beliefs among children and adolescents. Australian Journal of Education, 67(2), 181-195. [More Information]
  • Birrell, L., Barrett, E., Oliver, E., Nguyen, H., Ewing, R., Anderson, M., Teesson, M. (2023). The impact of arts-inclusive programs on young children's mental health and wellbeing: A rapid review. Arts & Health: an international journal for research, policy and practice, Online first. [More Information]
  • Martin, A., Ginns, P., Anderson, M., Gibson, R., Bishop, M. (2021). Motivation and engagement among Indigenous (Aboriginal Australian) and non-Indigenous students. Educational Psychology, 41(4), 424-445. [More Information]

Conferences

  • Buchanan, J., Ryan, R., Anderson, M., Calvo, R., Glozier, N., Peter, S. (2019). Meeting the AI and union renewal challenges: time for a new education settlement beyond 21st century skills. 40th International Working Party on Labour Market Segmentation 2019, Dusseldorf, Denmark: The International Working Party on Labour Market Segmentation.
  • Anderson, M., Gibson, R., Fleming, J. (2014). Role of Arts education in academic motivation, engagement and achievement: Key findings. Thinking forward - Entanglement and Innovation in Australian Arts Education Research (UNESCO Arts Education Week), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 22 May.
  • Munday, C., Anderson, M., Gibson, R., Martin, A., Sudmalis, D. (2012). Probing the possibilities and potential of the arts for effective student learning. IDIERI 7 2012 - The 7th International Drama in Education Research Institute conference - Borders and translations: Towards new paradigms and languages in drama education, Limerick, Ireland, 10-15 July, 2012.

Textual Creative Works

  • Wilkinson, L., Anderson, M. (2015). Artistry and academia: Adventures on the other side of orthodoxy. TEXT Special Issue 29: Scriptwriting as Creative Writing Research II, Number 29, April 2015, (pp. 1 - 26). Adelaide, Australia: Australasian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP). [More Information]

Magazine / Newspaper Articles

  • Fleming, J., Gibson, R., Martin, A., Anderson, M., Sudmalis, D. (2014). The benefits for students of arts participation (in press). Leadership in Focus.

Report

  • Buchanan, J., Allais, S., Anderson, M., Calvo, R., Peter, S., Pietsch, T. (2020). The futures of work: What education can and can't do (Background paper for the Futures of Education initiative): UNESCO. [More Information]
  • Anderson, M., Fleming, J. (2013). Review of the Warhorse Learning Program (Australia).
  • Martin, A., Anderson, M., Gibson, R., Sudmalis, D., Liem, G., Fleming, J., Mansour, M., Munday, C. (2013). The Role of Arts Education in Academic Motivation, Engagement and Achievement: Report to the Australia Council for the Arts.

Other

  • Anderson, M. (2003), Developing Professional Conversations (Faculty of Education and Social Work Teaching and Learning Forum 2003, Sydney University).

Research Reports

  • O'Connor, P., Anderson, M., Freebody, K., Ginns, P. (2020). Replanting creativity during post-normal times, (pp. 1 - 58). Auckland, New Zealand, New Zealand: Centre for Arts and Social Transformation, University of Auckland. [More Information]
  • Buchanan, J., Ryan, R., Anderson, M., Calvo, R., Glozier, N., Peter, S. (2018). Future Frontiers Analytical Report: Preparing for the best and worst of times, (pp. 1 - 62). Sydney, Australia: NSW Department of Education. [More Information]

2024

  • Jefferson, M., Anderson, M. (2024). Conclusion: The threads of transformation: Finding the patterns. In M. Jefferson & M. Anderson (Eds.), How schools transform: Practices, research and actions that change schools, (pp. 181-188). London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ulacco, M., Anderson, M. (2024). How schools transform through creative disruption. In M. Jefferson & M. Anderson (Eds.), How schools transform: Practices, research and actions that change schools, (pp. 103-121). London: Bloomsbury.
  • Jefferson, M., Anderson, M. (2024). How schools transform: Practices, research and actions that change schools. London: Bloomsbury.

2023

  • Ginns, P., Martin, A., Freebody, K., Anderson, M., O'Connor, P. (2023). Creative self-beliefs among children and adolescents. Australian Journal of Education, 67(2), 181-195. [More Information]
  • Birrell, L., Barrett, E., Oliver, E., Nguyen, H., Ewing, R., Anderson, M., Teesson, M. (2023). The impact of arts-inclusive programs on young children's mental health and wellbeing: A rapid review. Arts & Health: an international journal for research, policy and practice, Online first. [More Information]

2022

  • Cameron, D., Anderson, M. (2022). Evolution, diffusion and disturbance: Drama, education and technology. In Not known (Eds.), The Routledge companion to drama in education, (pp. 513-523). TBC. [More Information]

2021

  • Martin, A., Ginns, P., Anderson, M., Gibson, R., Bishop, M. (2021). Motivation and engagement among Indigenous (Aboriginal Australian) and non-Indigenous students. Educational Psychology, 41(4), 424-445. [More Information]
  • Ginns, P., Freebody, K., Anderson, M., O'Connor, P. (2021). Student experience of creativity in Australian high school classrooms: A componential model. Learning and Individual Differences, 91, 102057. [More Information]
  • Jefferson, M., Anderson, M. (2021). Transforming Education: Reimagining Learning, Pedagogy and Curriculum. London: Bloomsbury. [More Information]

2020

  • Burns, E., Martin, A., Mansour, M., Anderson, M., Gibson, R., Liem, G. (2020). Motivational processes that support arts participation: An examination of goal orientations and aspirations. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 14(4), 384-400. [More Information]
  • Fleming, J., Gibson, R., Anderson, M., Martin, A. (2020). Quality teaching frameworks and arts education: Seeking a compatible approach. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 52(6), 840-856. [More Information]
  • O'Connor, P., Anderson, M., Freebody, K., Ginns, P. (2020). Replanting creativity during post-normal times, (pp. 1 - 58). Auckland, New Zealand, New Zealand: Centre for Arts and Social Transformation, University of Auckland. [More Information]

2019

  • Anderson, M., O'Connor, P. (2019). Creative Leadership in Learning at the Sydney Opera House. In Michael Finneran, Michael Anderson (Eds.), Education and Theatres: Beyond the Four Walls, (pp. 53-65). Cham: Springer. [More Information]
  • Finneran, M., Anderson, M. (2019). Education and Theatres: Beyond the Four Walls. Cham: Springer. [More Information]
  • Buchanan, J., Ryan, R., Anderson, M., Calvo, R., Glozier, N., Peter, S. (2019). Meeting the AI and union renewal challenges: time for a new education settlement beyond 21st century skills. 40th International Working Party on Labour Market Segmentation 2019, Dusseldorf, Denmark: The International Working Party on Labour Market Segmentation.

2018

  • Freebody, K., Balfour, M., Finneran, M., Anderson, M. (2018). Applied theatre: Understanding change. Cham: Springer. [More Information]
  • Buchanan, J., Ryan, R., Anderson, M., Calvo, R., Glozier, N., Peter, S. (2018). Future Frontiers Analytical Report: Preparing for the best and worst of times, (pp. 1 - 62). Sydney, Australia: NSW Department of Education. [More Information]
  • Gardiner, P., Anderson, M. (2018). Structured creative processes in learning playwriting: Invoking imaginative pedagogies. Cambridge Journal of Education, 48(2), 177-196. [More Information]

2017

  • Cameron, D., Anderson, M., Wotzko, R. (2017). Drama and digital arts cultures. London: Bloomsbury. [More Information]
  • Mansour, M., Martin, A., Anderson, M., Gibson, R. (2017). Getting into flow in the arts classroom: Research findings and implications for practice. Educational Practice and Theory, 39(2), 5-15. [More Information]
  • Anderson, M., Cameron, D. (2017). Playing Beowulf: Play-based approaches to the telling of an old story in new and old ways with young people. In P. OConnor, C. Rozas Gomez (Eds.), Playing with possibilities, (pp. 109-127). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

2016

  • Fleming, J., Gibson, R., Anderson, M., Martin, A., Sudmalis, D. (2016). Cultivating imaginative thinking: Teacher strategies used in high-performing arts education classrooms. Cambridge Journal of Education, 46(4), 435-453. [More Information]
  • Munday, C., Anderson, M., Gibson, R., Martin, A. (2016). Drama in schools: Agency, community and the classroom. In Kelly Freebody, Michael Finneran (Eds.), Drama and Social Justice: Theory, research and practice in international contexts, (pp. 75-88). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
  • Fleming, J., Gibson, R., Anderson, M. (2016). How Arts Education Makes a Difference: Research examining successful classroom practice and pedagogy. Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]

2015

  • O'Connor, P., Anderson, M. (2015). Applied Theatre: Research: Radical departures. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Wilkinson, L., Anderson, M. (2015). Artistry and academia: Adventures on the other side of orthodoxy. TEXT Special Issue 29: Scriptwriting as Creative Writing Research II, Number 29, April 2015, (pp. 1 - 26). Adelaide, Australia: Australasian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP). [More Information]
  • Walker, R., Anderson, M., Gibson, R., Martin, A. (2015). Constructing Identity and Motivation in the Drama Classroom: A Sociocultural Approach. In S. Davis, H. G. Clemson, B. Ferholt, S-M. Jansson, A. Marjanovic-Shane (Eds.), Dramatic Interactions in Education: Vygotskian and Sociocultural Approaches to Drama, Education and Research, (pp. 115-131). New York: Bloomsbury Academic. [More Information]

2014

  • O'Connor, P., Anderson, M., Mullen, M. (2014). Applied theatre: Enacting research. In Robyn A. Ewing & Ardra L. Cole (Eds.), Performing scholartistry, (pp. 369-393). Nova Scotia: Backalong Books.
  • Anderson, M., Freebody, K. (2014). Partnerships in education research: Creating knowledge that matters. New York: Bloomsbury Academic, imprint of Bloomsbury. [More Information]
  • Fleming, J., Ewing, R., Anderson, M., Klieve, H. (2014). Reimagining the wheel: The implications of cultural diversity for mainstream theatre programming in Australia. Theatre Research International, 39(2), 133-148. [More Information]

2013

  • Anderson, M., O'Connor, P. (2013). Applied theatre as research: Provoking the possibilities. Applied Theatre Research, 1(2), 189-202. [More Information]
  • Wales, P., Anderson, M. (2013). Dialogue. In Chee-Hoo Lum (Eds.), Contextualized Practices in Arts Education: An International Dialogue on Singapore, (pp. 71-74). Singapore: Springer. [More Information]
  • Anderson, M., Cameron, D. (2013). Drama and Learning Technologies: To Affinity Spaces and Beyond. In Michael Anderson and Julie Dunn (Eds.), How Drama Activates Learning: Contemporary Research and Practice, (pp. 226-244). London: Bloomsbury Academic, imprint of Bloomsbury. [More Information]

2012

  • Gardiner, P., Anderson, M. (2012). Can You Read That Again? Playwriting, Literacy and Reading the 'Spoken' Word. Australian Journal of English Education, 47(2), 80-89. [More Information]
  • Clausen, M., Anderson, M. (2012). Crossing borders: Reading Indigenous playtexts in White classrooms. In Jacqueline Manuel and Sue Brindley (Eds.), Teenagers and Reading: Literary heritages, cultural contexts and contemporary reading practices, (pp. 177-191). Kent Town, S. Aust.: Wakefield Press.
  • Anderson, M., Freebody, K. (2012). Developing communities of praxis: bridging the theory practice divide in teacher education. McGill Journal of Education, 47(3), 359-378.

2011

  • Gibson, R., Anderson, M., Martin, A., Sudmalis, D. (2011). Arts education and academic motivation, engagement and achievement. Narrative,arts-based & post approaches to social research conference - NAPAR 2011, Phoenix, Arizona, 21-23 January, 2011.
  • Anderson, M. (2011). Drama Education, Ethnomethodology, and 'Industrious Chatter'. In Markauskaite L, Freebody P, Irwin J (Eds.), Methodological Choice and Design: Scholarship, Policy and Practice in Social and Educational Research, (pp. 93-100). New York: Springer. [More Information]
  • Munday, C., Mansour, M., Anderson, M., Gibson, R., Martin, A., Sudmalis, D. (2011). The role of arts education in academic motivation, engagement and achievement. Spaces of Performance: Drama Australia National Conference, Perth, Australia. 31st March-2nd April, 2011.

2010

  • Gibson, R., Munday, C., Anderson, M., Martin, A., Sudmalis, D. (2010). Arts, motivation and engagement: Innovative research for sustainable futures. 5th International Conference on the Arts in Society, SCA, University of Sydney, 22-25 July, 2010.

2009

  • Anderson, M., Gibson, R., Campbell, V., Martin, A. (2009). ConnectEd Arts Evaluation (review).
  • Anderson, M., Freebody, K. (2009). Developing young writers: nurturing cultural citizenship and engagement. Drama Australia National Conference 2009, The University of Melbourne. 26-28 November.
  • Anderson, M., Carroll, J., Cameron, D. (2009). Drama Education with Digital Technology. United Kingdom: Continuum.

2008

  • Manuel, J., Anderson, M. (2008). Assessing Drama in English: A Framework for Practice. In Anderson M, Hughes J, Manuel J (Eds.), Drama and English teaching: Imagination, action and engagement, (pp. 213-223). Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
  • Anderson, M., Hughes, J., Manuel, J. (2008). Drama and English teaching: Imagination, action and engagement. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
  • Manuel, J., Hughes, J., Anderson, M., Arnold, R. (2008). Drama and English teaching: Imagination, action and engagement. In Anderson M, Hughes J, Manuel J (Eds.), Drama and English teaching: Imagination, action and engagement, (pp. 1-12). Melbourne: Oxford University Press.

2007

  • Anderson, M., Wilkinson, L. (2007). A resurgence of verbatim theatre: authenticity, empathy and transformation. Australasian Drama Studies, 50, 153-169.
  • Anderson, M. (2007). Making theatre from data: Lessons for performative ethnography from verbatim theatre. NJ-Drama Australia Journal, 31(1), 79-91. [More Information]
  • Anderson, M. (2007). Mediatised performance and Theatre for Young People: How TYP is responding to Digital Natives. Caribbean Quarterly, 53(1/2), 63-75.

2006

  • Gibson, R., Anderson, M. (2006). Filling the void: Arts education research and the Australian context. 1st International Conference on the Arts in Society, Scotland: International Conference on the Arts in Society.
  • Anderson, M., Carroll, J., Cameron, D. (2006). Real Players? Drama, Technology and Education. Stoke on Trent, UK and Sterling, USA: Trentham Books.
  • Anderson, M. (2006). Solo: A guidebook to Individual Performance. Stawberry Hill: Currency Press.

2005

  • Anderson, M. (2005). New stages: Challenges for teaching the aesthetics of drama online. Journal of Aesthetic Education, 39(4), 120-132. [More Information]

2004

  • Anderson, M., Gibson, R. (2004). Connecting The Silos: Developing Arts Rich Education. Change: Transformations in Education, 7(1), 1-11.
  • Anderson, M. (2004). Devising Unities: A Recent History Of Drama Education In Nsw. In Michael Anderson & Christine Hatton (Eds.), The State of Our Art: NSW Perspectives in Educational Drama, (pp. 3-18). Australia: Currency Press.
  • Anderson, M. (2004). Drama Futures: Possibilities For Research, Advocacy And Policy In The 21St Century. NJ-Drama Australia Journal, 28(2), 31-39.

2003

  • Anderson, M. (2003). "I took the road less travelled and that has made all the difference". The professional journeys of two primary drama educators. NJ-Drama Australia Journal, 27(1), 4-14. [More Information]
  • Anderson, M. (2003). Beginning secondary drama and English teaching. English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2(1), 43-53.
  • Anderson, M. (2003), Developing Professional Conversations (Faculty of Education and Social Work Teaching and Learning Forum 2003, Sydney University).

2002

  • Anderson, M. (2002). The drama teacher's journey. Melbourne Studies in Education, , 87-95. [More Information]

Selected Grants

2023

  • Charting value in theatre for young people and children, Freebody K, Anderson M, ASSITEJ International/Global, Advocacy-Focused Research Grant

2015

  • Neurodidactics of Performing Arts: The Impact of Drama Teaching on Second Language Acquisition, Morosin M, Morosin M, Anderson M, European Union (Marie Curie International Fellowship)/Marie Curie Outgoing International Fellowship
  • Playing Beowulf: Gaming the Library, Anderson M, Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK)/Research Grant

Key note presentations (international)

  • Anderson, M (2017) Victorian Association of Teachers of English (VATE) Conference
  • Anderson, M (2017)Transforming schools in uncertain times.The central role of creativity, critical reflection, communication and collaboration in whatever we teach. South Australian Literacy an Numeracy Conference
  • Anderson, M (2017) Transforming schools: Leading and learning in uncertain times. National Boys Education Conference
  • Anderson, M (2017) National English as a Secnond Language Accreditation Scheme Conference,Creativity, critical reflection, communication and collaboration
  • Anderson, M (2015) Creativity and the 4Cs as a way of revolutionising learning. International Baccalaureate Petersen Academic Conference, The Hague, May
  • Anderson, M (2015) Creativity: engaging learners for the realities of the 21st Century. International Baccalaureate Asia Pacific Conference, Macau, March
  • Anderson, M (2013) International Drama/Theatre Education Association Congress, Paris, July 2013, Has arts education become a global issue?(Keynote Panel)
  • Anderson, M (2013) How Drama Activates Learning, Keynote, July 2013. University of British Columbia.
  • Anderson, M (2013) Invited Plenary Panel: Theatre, The Arts and Wellbeing in a Postnormal world (With Shaun McNiff and Robyn Ewing),
  • Anderson, M(2012) International Drama in Education Research Institute, Limerick, 2012, Drama and Applied Theatre in Postnormal Times.
  • Anderson, M (2011) Keynote, Pedagogy, Hope and Understanding The Pedagogy of Possibilities, The 2nd Critical Studies in Drama in Education Symposium, December 2011
  • Anderson, M (2011) Keynote, Research Traps for Young Players: Partnership research relationships, The 2nd Critical Studies in Drama in Education Symposium, December 2011
  • Anderson, M (2010) Drama and a Pedagogy of Hope (Keynote Panel).Critical Studies in Drama in Education International Symposium, University of Auckland, October , 2010.
  • Keynote Presentations (national)
  • Anderson, M (2014) Drama NSW State Conference, Sydney, New Moves: Drama Education and the 21st Century.
  • Anderson, M (2013) Drama West Conference, Perth, Drama, teaching and the challenges of the 21st Century, December 2013
  • Anderson, M (2012) Drama Tasmania Conference, Launceston, Researching Drama Education in the 21st Century, April, 2012

Related research articles

next slide
previous slide