Te Kete Ipurangi: Mantle of the Expert

In this curriculum conversation Gay Gilbert and Lynette Townsend discuss how they have used 'the mantle of the expert' as a different approach to inquiry learning. Mantle of the Expert is a form of inquiry which uses drama to step children up as experts by forming a company to fulfil a specific brief for a fictional client. In a Mantle children are talking as responsible people with roles to play and a job to do. Children are exposed to different perspectives and points of view within the context. They become problem solvers and innovators. The curriculum is shaped by students forming multiple cross curricular pathways.