Poole, Simon
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Biography
Although a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education and Children's Services, I lecture across the university about the arts and am deeply concerned with cultural education. More specifically, I have lectured at several institutions on Music Practice, and also Music Technology as a discrete subject, but also within the context of education; due in the main to my experiences within the music industry as a singer, songwriter, producer and record label owner (soil records), and of course my time as a Primary and Early Years ...
Institutional profile
Programme Leader for the MA Creative Practices in Education; Senior Lead in Cultural Education and Research at Storyhouse; Researcher at RECAP and the International Thriving at Work Centre. I am also the co-vice chair of the Local Cultural Education Partnership; principal editor for two journals; trustee of the ‘Mythstories’ museum; and, was until recently Director of Research for 'Lapidus International'. I have worked in 14 countries running intensive short programmes, developing research initiatives, and presenting inter ...
Biography
Although a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education and Children's Services, I lecture across the university about the arts and am deeply concerned with cultural education. More specifically, I have lectured at several institutions on Music Practice, and also Music Technology as a discrete subject, but also within the context of education; due in the main to my experiences within the music industry as a singer, songwriter, producer and record label owner (soil records), and of course my time as a Primary and Early Years teacher. In all, I have been songwriting, singing, recording and releasing music for 25 years; I’ve now written a total of 7 albums and as ‘a loose kite’ I’m still writing today.
Institutional profile
Programme Leader for the MA Creative Practices in Education; Senior Lead in Cultural Education and Research at Storyhouse; Researcher at RECAP and the International Thriving at Work Centre. I am also the co-vice chair of the Local Cultural Education Partnership; principal editor for two journals; trustee of the ‘Mythstories’ museum; and, was until recently Director of Research for 'Lapidus International'. I have worked in 14 countries running intensive short programmes, developing research initiatives, and presenting interactive vocal performances in collaboration with colleagues locally, nationally, and internationally, and am currently developing a long-term research capacity-building project.
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Creative Practices
Creative pedagogy
Creativity
Folklore
Education Philosophy
Informal songwriting and song
Wellbeing
- Degrees
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MA Folklore and Cultural Tradition
EdDoc Education
Orpheus Institute - Artistic Research in Music
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Having been jointly appointed by Storyhouse and the University of Chester, in a new role as Senior Leader for Cultural Education and Research, I liaise between the institution and the organisation and share and develop the best of learning and research. As a creative producer and entrepreneur, my enterprise and professional activity advances the use and understanding of creativity, creative learning, pedagogy and creative practice as part of our lives, and intrinsic to our wellbeing. I instigate such enterprise through the connection of the education, health and social care sectors with the arts and culture sector, to collaboratively place creativity, creative practice, pedagogy and learning as a key part of working for these sectors. For me, this creativity occurs within the sphere of cultural education, and this is central to a civic university; and is why a dynamic exchange between Storyhouse and the University is so important for our shared communities.
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Dr
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- Current work focuses on creative practices; creative pedagogy; intercultural use of music; informal songwriting and song; arts, and crafts, -based initiatives; arts and wellbeing projects; and, arts-based practice as research.
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Supporting the wellbeing of frontline service personnel through creative practices and woodland regeneration.
Using Arts-based practices in the counselling services of the Chester Sexual Abuse Support Service.
Folklore, Education and the use of storytelling practices.
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Mini-museums as a nexus for storytelling and pedagogyPoole, Simon E.; Parkin, Harry; Southall, Helen; University of Chester (University of Chester, 2024-02-14)This research project aimed to explore the potential of storytelling pedagogies in educational settings, and to assess the feasibility of creating mini-museums in schools. Through the involvement of two primary schools in the Northwest of England, the project was able to collect primary data and refine plans for the introduction of artefacts and storytelling methods in other schools. The research assistants conducted interviews and used the 'Crazy 8' sketching technique to collect information about typical users, preferred type of product, preferences regarding colour schemes and visual design, typical contents, accessibility aspects, access and security issues, and other requirements specific to the school.
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Editorial: Innovation, AI and the future of EducationPoole, Simon E.; University of Chester (RECAP, University of Chester, 01-02-2024)A co-authored piece with ChatGPT 3.5 for Editorial on Innovation, this piece discusses with AI, the future of Education given AIs meteoric rise and inevitable use. Focusing politically on the challenges that education might face in terms of innovation. This piece was heavily edited to create a more seamless discussion.
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Perspectives of TimePoole, Simon E.; University of Chester (Malmö Theatre Academy and Lund University, 2024-02-01)A poem in repsonse to the All Our Relations project funded by Malmö Theatre Academy and Lund University. The work was undertaken in Eastern Sweden over the course of several days working on eco-pedagogical approaches.
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Bumblebees like jazzPoole, Simon; University of Chester (Weasel Bear Publishing, 2024-01-14)Poetry, to encourage and enthuse the primary school teacher to share their musical loves, and others.
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Playing with EkphrasisPoole, Simon; University of Chester; Storyhouse (Weasel Bear Publishing, 2023-12-18)A second edition of the poetry that used ekphrasis as a method to investigate the tension between community and the individual
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Humankind: Writing from the Cheshire Prize for Literature 2022Poole, Simon; Parkin, Harry; University of Chester; Storyhouse (University of Chester Press, 2023-11-09)Collected writings from the Cheshire Prize for Literature
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Notes towards a pedagogy of be‐longing: Rewilding art and design educationPoole, Simon; University of Chester (Wiley, 2023-10-18)This article reflects on 4 years of research activities in the fields of horticulture and creative praxis. The initial project was a personal one and set out with a simple methodology of collecting, observing, and recording a specific genus of plants, that of Mentha. But as the specific question of whether a garden can, or should, be thought of as a work of art was raised it developed into an interactive, more‐than‐human dynamic between the researcher and multiple species. Ultimately, this led to a consideration of the positionality and interactions of the creative practitioner as critical, in order to develop a transdisciplinary praxis that explores the ecological and transformative potential of learning and healing through gardening. Through a reflexive narrative approach, the role of gardening in education, therefore, is positioned as an art and design praxis and as a partial remedy for several salient, contemporary global issues and challenges. A praxis that if not the complete remedy might at least help, in part, to remedy the damaging ecological experiences of adult and child learners alike, and as such, this article concludes with a provocation for teachers as artists and activists.
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Quality Assurance of Edsential’s Trinity College London’s level 4 certificate for music educators programme of studyPoole, Simon E.; University of Chester (RECAP, University of Chester, 2023-08-28)A Quality Assurance report for Cheshire West and Chester's music traded services, operating under the CIC Edsential. This was a new programme of music educator study. Under the auspices of Trinity Colleges level 4 programme.
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Poetry in a pandemic: Digital shared reading for wellbeingBlundell, Judith; Poole, Simon; University of Chester; Storyhouse (Taylor & Francis, 2022-11-28)Unexpectedly taking place in the midst of a pandemic, this research examined historical and contemporary assumptions about the relationship between storytelling and wellbeing and asked how a shared reading group might be used to help repair individuals and communities as they emerge into the post-Covid world. It asked how storytelling can help us to come to terms with the collective trauma we have experienced by developing empathy and enlarging identity, and considered the role of digital technology in creating safe spaces for connection and reflection. The research aimed to provide a nuanced and in-depth account of the experience of shared reading for wellbeing, and to make practical recommendations for the future of such initiatives in community settings. It identified significant risks in shared reading and asked how these can be minimised, whilst being wary of stifling the many benefits of creativity by becoming too risk averse.
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It means the world to us: Writing from the Cheshire Prize for Literature 2021Poole, Simon; Parkin, Harry; University of Chester; Storyhouse (University of Chester Press, 2022-11-06)The 2021 Cheshire Prize for Literature Anthology