It's still not going to be clear to everyone who's seen this blog so far what the project is - we've simply started blogging with what we're doing as we're preparing. So as an overview here're the details from the information sheet we've put together for our participants. The project itself starts on Wednesday:
Featuring ‘another
kind of teacher’: a participatory video project in Malawi
You have been invited make a film
about your experiences of teaching in Malawi UK
The purpose of the project is to
showcase the impact of the DAPP approach to teacher preparation by making a
film about how DAPP teachers experience rural teaching environments. The
project is using a technique called participatory video (PV). This means that
the teachers who feature in the film are also responsible for making the film:
the film will belong to you. Support, equipment and training will be provided.
The film-making process
You will receive extensive training
in film-making (including story-boarding, scripting, interviewing, directing
and editing) at a series of three workshops in February-March 2015 (see
schedule). In your group you will plan a film that you can make together.
During the workshops and in the intervening periods you will capture footage of
your teaching experiences. You will edit these into a film which you, as a
group, will own. Support and guidance from experienced filmmakers will be on
hand every step of the way, but all of the decisions about the film will be
made collaboratively with your teacher colleagues. It really is your film.
Transport and lunch/refreshments will
be provided at all workshops.
What will you get out of it?
When you are a teacher you rarely
have time to pause and think about what you are doing. Participatory video
gives you the opportunity to reflect on your practice and the context in which
you are working and see these from a new perspective.
The teaching profession is also often
misunderstood by other people. Participating in this project will provide you
and your colleagues with the opportunity to tell your story to audiences all
over the world. It will also give you the opportunity to showcase what you
learnt as a DAPP student and how this influences the work you do every day in
the classroom.
You will receive extensive training
which will enable you to experiment with and use a wide range of film-making
equipment. You may learn new skills in listening and communicating which are
essential in your role as a teacher. You may learn new ways of working
collaboratively and as a team which is important in a school environment.
Film-making workshops are also really
fun!
What will we get out of it?
DAPP and HPP get an advocacy film to
showcase and promote the work they do in Malawi Malawi
As a group we are hoping to extend
this pilot into a bigger project exploring teacher preparation in Sub-Saharan
Africa. Through this pilot we hope to better understand the lives and experiences
of newly qualified teachers in rural schools and the usefulness of
participatory video in capturing these experiences.
Schedule
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The team
Mr Gift Vasco, Development Aid from
People to People (DAPP) Malawi
Ms Olga Guerrero, Humana People to
People (HPP), Spain
Dr Alison Buckler, The Open
University, UK
Dr Chris High, The Open University, UK
Mr Rick Goldsmith, Catcher Media Social UK
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