The I-TAP-PD project and the Greek participation Contribution to local practices of equal collaboration between teachers and artists and to international research

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Published: Dec 28, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/edth.36362
Keywords:
Erasmus project arts in education Teacher-Artist Partnership equal collaboration professional development
Betty Giannouli
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5776-8414
Nassia Choleva
University of the Peloponnese
Iro Potamousi
PhD candidate, University of Aegean
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8005-2198
Abstract

This paper presents the International Teacher-Artist Partnership – Professional Development (I-TAP-PD) programme, framing the definition and methodology of Teacher- Artist Partnership (TAP) and presenting the structure and content of this programme as implemented by organisations working in the field of education and the arts in 4 countries (Ireland, Serbia, the Netherlands, Greece) in the period between 2020 and 2023. The main characteristics and general research findings from the implementation of the methodology by 6 pairs of artists and teachers in four regions in Greece are then described. The authors outline the steps followed to design, coordinate and implement the international research conducted in the four countries as well as the actions taken so far to disseminate its results.

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Author Biographies
Betty Giannouli, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Betty Giannouli is a sociologist and pedagogue with a PhD in Theatre Pedagogy. Since 2017, she has been teaching Theatre/Drama in Education at the Department of Early Childhood Education of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She has been involved in the design and implementation of theatre/drama in education programmes for children and young people, teacher training programmes and empowerment workshops for women, as well as in the organisation and coordination of international conferences on Theatre and Performing Arts in Education. She has served as a scientific collaborator in European and international projects and is the coordinator of the European project "International Teacher- Artist Partnership – Professional Development” (2020–2023). She is a founding member of the Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network (TENet-Gr), has served as president and vice-president of the association's board, and is a member of the Editing Committee of the Education & Theatre journal.

Nassia Choleva, University of the Peloponnese

Nassia Choleva is a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Drama Pedagogy from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. She is an adjunct lecturer at the Theatre Studies Department of the University of Peloponnese, where she teaches drama pedagogy. She studied drama and theatre at the School of Drama (BA-MA, AUTh) and did postgraduate studies in Applied Drama (MA, Exeter University). She is a drama teacher in primary education, she facilitates drama groups in formal and non-formal education set¬tings and trains in-service teachers. Since 2006, she has been designing and implementing drama education pro¬jects and research (European Union, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Office – Greece, Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network, ActionAid Hellas, etc.). In 2011, she was a member of an experts group at the Greek Institute of Educational Policy, where new arts and culture curricula were designed for Greek schools. She is the author of educational books and materials, and publishes research in scientific journals, edited volumes and conferences. She is a member of the Editing Committee of the Education & Theatre journal. Her recent research interests include the interconnection of drama pedagogy with human rights education, the personal and professional development of artists and educators through equitable partnerships and the combination of drama and artworks in interdisciplinary approaches to social issues.

Iro Potamousi, PhD candidate, University of Aegean

Iro Potamousi studied Sociology at the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Greece (BA) and Drama/Theatre Education at the University of Warwick, UK (MA). She is currently a PhD candidate at the Department of Pedagogy of the University of the Aegean. She has been an active member of Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network since 2008 (and also a member of the board of directors, 2009–2012). She has worked in formal and non-formal education focusing on group dynamics, cooperation and group empowerment as well as social intervention and change. As a researcher and practitioner, she has worked with various organisations and universities in Greece and abroad (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Warwick University, Liverpool Institute of the Performing Arts, Pedagogical University of Zurich, European Wergeland Centre, Greek National Theatre, Theatre of Neos Kosmos, UNHCR, Action Aid, KETHEA). Since 2019, she is the general manager of Learn Inn EKPA, a Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning Entity of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (www.learninn.gr).

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