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Empowering young change makers through collective story making!
Our Story:
Story Makers was co-founded by Dr Lisa Stephenson in 2017 at Leeds Beckett University, in collaboration with artists educators, teachers, and researchers. These multi-stakeholder perspectives mean that our research and practice are grounded in real-world research in schools and communities, with young people. Collectively, we champion creative (arts) pedagogies for social change.
Read our aims:
We aim to challenge policy which advocates narrowing curricula and the marginalisation of the arts, in addressing issues which support the holistic learning and wellbeing of children by :
1. Developing greater understanding of creative arts pedagogies and their grounding in teacher and learner creativity
2. Bridging evidence gaps in relation to creativity, critical thinking and pupil wellbeing.
3. Developing integrated approaches to curriculum, including ecological, intercultural and interdisciplinary thinking, through knowledge exchange between teachers and artists
4. Cultivating dispositions (compassion, creativity, critical thinking, resilience, emotional literacy etc) to empower children to navigate the world
5. Empowering learning communities through innovative creative pedagogies of cooperation, solidarity and conflict resolution
6. Researching hybrid pedagogies alongside teachers, artists and young people which support education reform and which are driven by young people’s concerns
Culture
Curriculum
Community
Criticality
Creativity
Co-creation
OurTeam
Lisa Stephenson
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Director and Founder of the Story Makers Company
Ana Sanches de Arede
Publisher and Project Coordinator for Story Makers Press
The Hub
Vicky Storey
John Mee
Alive and Kicking
Theatre Company
Daniel Ingram Brown
Hywel Roberts
Siara Illing-Ahmed
Chol Theatre
Abdullah Adekola
Bethany Kippax
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