The use of Dorothy Heathcote's conventions within Mantle of the Expert in a primary classroom

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This article provides an illustration of the use of conventions within Mantle of the Expert in a class of 8 year olds in an English school. The work described spans a 10-week period and shows how conventions can be combined in a meaningful way to build layer upon layer of meaning. Working as ‘teacher/artist’   with ‘flexibility, ingenuity, personal creativity’ and ‘an ability to exploit opportunities as they occur’ (O’Neill, 1989), a teacher can maintain the sense of internal coherence for the children and avoid a disjointed learning experience.

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