Biography

The focus of my practice and research is on learning through use of critically-creative pedagogy in the arts for understanding of self, organisation and society. My expert practice within this is in the use of Pretext Drama as an arts-based research method with a particular commitment to the concepts of equality and equity in education. This leads me to work in a wide range of professional contexts both nationally and internationally, within and beyond the Academy including: Education, Creative & Cultural Industries, Justice ...

Institutional profile

Professor Emeritus Drama Education, Distinguished Teaching Fellow, National Teaching Fellow, Faculty of Education and Faculty of Arts & Humanities, University of Chester, UK. http://www.chester.ac.uk/departments/education/staff/allan-owens Co-Founder of RECAP, (Centre for Research in to Education, Creativity and the Arts through Practice https://www.facebook.com/creativityresearch/ My current practice, research and publications focus on applied drama and theatre, drama education, creative pedagogy, the intercultural dimension ...