Making good work – Insights and Reflections in Arts Education Workshop by Mr. Rob Elkington

Co-organised by Hong Kong Arts Administrators Association (HKAAA) and British Council

This session aims to provide participants with thinking resources designed to help them reflect on and improve their work with young people, drawn from contemporary debates. It will also offer examples of arts education practice from the UK that might inspire or provoke new ideas for their ways of working. 

The core reflective question of ‘why do you do what you do?’ will be explored through a discussion of  values, the image of the child, the possible aims of arts education work, thoughts on how learning happens and what it might involve to aim for excellence. 

This will be illustrated by examples and case studies drawn from work of the Creative Partnerships programme in Birmingham, The Royal Shakespeare Company and The Play House Theatre in Education Company amongst others. 

Rob looks forward to conversation and discussion with fellow arts educators after the presentation.

Speaker:              Mr. Rob Elkington (Head of Education Partnerships, Royal Shakespeare Company)

Date:                     8 March 2013 (Fri)

Time:                     7:00-9:00pm

Venue:                 Room 309, 3/F, British Council, 3 Supreme Court Road, Admiralty, Hong Kong

Language:           English

Fee:                       Members @$120; Non-members @$180

Rob Elkington, Head of Education Partnerships, Royal Shakespeare Company

羅伯‧艾金頓 (皇家莎士比亞劇團教育合作總監)

Rob Elkington manages the Royal Shakespeare Company's national and international partnership programmes with schools, theatres and universities, a programme focussed on transforming the teaching and learning of Shakespeare. Recent projects include Shakespeare Unlocked (with the BBC), and Teaching Shakespeare, an online professional development resource for teachers created with Warwick University.  Previously Rob was a Fellow on the Clore Leadership programme, and Director of Birmingham Creative Partnerships programme.  He was also the founder of The Play House, which is a young people’s theatre working across communities in Birmingham and the wider region, delivering over 1,000 performance and workshops sessions to groups of children and young people and involves nearly 25,000 participants in its activities. 

For registration, please submit the online registration or complete and submit the registration form by mail; and mail the cheque to: Hong Kong Arts Administrators Association, Room 1206, 12/F, Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong. 

Enquiries:

Hong Kong Arts Administrators Association

｜Tel: (852) 2877 7268｜Email: registration@hkaaa.org.hk