Hot seating

This approach is quite commonly used in a variety of ways.

It is a strategy where an individual, which could be the teacher as expert or child who has 'experienced' something, can be questioned by the others to find out about their experience. it is possible to take characters out of the role plays and monologues and place them in a 'hot seat'. Here learners can develop their questioning skills by asking characters about their actions and the consequences of those actions. Multiple characters can also be questioned together to gain contrasting responses.

Using the hot seating approach
Child's reflection

Child reflecting on drama to learn science, particularly the use of Hot Seating.

Clarysly Deller
Teacher's reflection

Clarysly reflecting on the benefits of using Hot Seating to teach science.

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Using drama to learn science
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