Jonothan Neelands - Professor of Creative Education | Staff Directory

Research Interests

Research interests include: the theory and practice of drama and theatre education; participatory pedagogies and politics; teaching artistry and the work of teaching artists; models of cultural and creative learning; the politics of cultural and education policy-making; teaching in urban settings; creativity and entrepreneurship.

Teaching in 2012-2013

Undergraduate

IB3H30 Forms of Identity

Email: Jonothan.Neelands@wbs.ac.uk / Tel: 024 765 22138 / Room D0.02

Biography

Professor Jonothan Neelands Ph.D is a National Teaching Fellow, Professor of Creative Education at the Warwick Business School (WBS) and Chair of Drama and Theatre Education in the Institute of Education at the University of Warwick. He is the Strategic Academic Lead for Teaching Shakespeare, which is a joint venture partnership between the Royal Shakespeare Company and the University of Warwick, based in the WBS. In addition to his academic profile, he is an experienced creative workshop leader and drama practitioner, with a national and international reputation for delivering high quality professional training and development opportunities.

As Associate Dean for Creativity in WBS, he is working with colleagues to develop a range of creative infusions and interventions both into the curriculum and the extra-curricular life of the School. These include student performances and participatory theatre workshops that use classical literature to explore the human questions and issues at the heart of all businesses.

Research interests include: the theory and practice of drama and theatre education; participatory pedagogies and politics; teaching artistry and the work of teaching artists; models of cultural and creative learning; the politics of cultural and education policy-making; teaching in urban settings; creativity and entrepreneurship. Recent research projects have been in partnership with the Department for Education, Higher Education Academy for the Open Space Learning project at Warwick; Birmingham Royal Ballet; Birmingham REP. Theatre; RSC and the National Association of Youth Theatres amongst others.

Professor Neelands has advised government on the identification and training of exceptionally able and motivated young performers and is an Executive Director of Drama UK, which represents industry standard drama training and is a member of the RSC Education Advisory Group. He is the Patron of the International Schools Theatre Association (ISTA).

Recent Publications [all...]

Journal Articles

Neelands, J. "There is Some Soul of Good; an action centred approach to teaching Shakespeare"
Shakespeare Survey 64 (2011)
Neelands, J. and Choe, B.. "The English model of creativity: cultural politics of an idea"
International Journal Of Cultural Policy 16 (2010): 287-304.
Neelands, J. "Acting together: ensemble as a democratic process in art and life"
Research In Drama Education 14 (2009): 173-189.
Neelands, J.. "Acting together: ensemble as a democratic process in art and life"
Research In Drama Education 14 (2009): 173-189.
Neelands, J.. "The art of togetherness: reflections on some essential artistic and pedagogic qualities of drama curricula"
Drama Australia Journal 33 (2009): 9-18.
Neelands, J.. "Taming the political: the struggle over recognition in the politics of applied theatre"
Research In Drama Education 12 (2007): 305-317.
Neelands, J. "Personalised Learning: ambiguities in theory and practice"
British Journal Of Educational Studies 52 (2007)
Neelands, J. "The social origins of students identified as gifted and talented in England: a geo-demographic analysis"
Oxford Review Of Education 33 (2007)
Neelands J, Freakley V, Lindsay G. "Things Can Only Get Better - A Study of Social-Market Interventions in the Shaping of the Field of Cultural Production"
International Journal Of Cultural Policy 12 (2006): 93-109.
Neelands J. "Miracles are happening: beyond the rhetoric of transformation in the Western traditions of drama education"
Research In Drama Education 9 (2004) : 47-56.

Books

Monk, N., Chillington Rutter, C., Neelands, J & Heron, J. "Open-Space Learning: A Study in Trans-disciplinary Pedagogy"
(2011)
Watanabe, J. and Neelands, J.. "Using drama as a medium of instruction"
Tokyo (2009)
Neelands, J. and Dobson, W.. "Advanced drama and theatre studies"
London (2008)
Dickinson, R. Neelands, J. and Shenton School. "Improving Your Primary School Through Drama"
London (2006)
Neelands, J.. "Beginning Drama 11-14 2nd Edition"
London (2004) : -

Book Chapters

Neelands, J.. "Drama as Creative Learning"
Routledge International Handbook of Creative Learning (2011)18: 168-176.
Campbell, R. J., Muijs, R. D., Neelands, J, Robinson, W., Eyre, D. and Hewston, R.. "The social origins of students identified as gifted and talented in England: a geo-demographic analysis"
Gifted and talented education (2009)
Campbell, R. J., Muijs, R. D., Neelands, J., Robinson, W., Eyre, D. and Hewston, R.. "The English model: policy, context and challenges"
Gifted and talented education (2009)
Neelands, J.. "Getting off the subject: English, Drama, Media and the commonwealth of culture"
Imagination, innovation, creativity: re-visioning English education (2009)7
Neelands J. "Re-imaging the Reflective Practitioner"
Research Methods in Drama Education (2006)