Theatre in Mathematics ^2 (TiM^2)
Teaching mathematics using drama
An Erasmus+ project (KA220-SCH - Cooperation partnerships in school education)
Chiliomodi, Corinth Greece, 24/8/2024, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Supplementary/afternoon workshop for adults as part of the Theater Summer Camp 2024
Facilitators Giorgos Bekiaris, Dimitris Konetas, Thodoris Paraschou
Language Greek
OBJECTIVES : TIM^2 project's purpose is to overcome the obstacles in the way of teaching and learning mathematics at EU level. The main objective is to design a teaching methodology and evaluation tools to be used by teachers and educators. The methodological focus is on the enhancement of mathematical skills of the students of primary and lower secondary schools through the combination of drama based methodologies such as Social Community Theatre and Process Drama
ACTIVITIES: The main activity is the implementation of TIM^2 methodology, tools and exercises and the design of a set of evaluation tools allowing to evaluate to what extent the methodology is useful to favour the acquisition of maths skills and to increase students and teachers wellbeing. In Italy, Norway, Greece and Portugal the methodology is spread through training for trainers and training for teachers. In the four countries a theatrical conference about gender gap and maths learning is staged.
RESULTS: A methodology handbook with theory and activities and the evaluation system. An e-learning platform with a repository of materials and tools and a virtual space for teachers to confront and share lessons and good practices. The TIM^2 ontology: a digital tool to create customised sets of activities to empower specific mathematical skills. 5 scientific articles. Six national dissemination seminars. At least 600 teachers are trained, about 9000 students reached by TIM^2 activities.
Giorgos Bekiaris is a teacher and theatre pedagogue. His interests include Theater in Education as an act of art and teaching, utilizing theatrical techniques, role-playing, and experiential ways of learning. He participates in the design and implementation of theater-pedagogical programs using techniques of educational drama and forum theater on issues such as refugees, xenophobia, racism, and school violence. He also leads theater groups of students and teachers. He is a member of the Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network (TENet-Gr). Since 2015, he has been involved as a trainer, regional and local coordinator, and training consultant in the program "It could be me - It could be you," implemented by TENet-Gr in cooperation with UNHCR Greece. Since 2023, he has been the Headteacher of the 36th Primary School of Patras.
Dimitris Konetas: Secretary of the board of directors of the Greek Union of Computer Scientists, received his diploma and first Master's from the Computer Engineering & Informatics Department of the University of Patras. He also holds a Master in Education (M.Ed.) from the Hellenic Open University, a diploma from the School of Instructors for Vocational and Technical Training (ASPAITE), and is a PhD candidate at the ICT and Distance Education Laboratory of the Preschool Education Dept. of the University of Ioannina. He has worked as an Information Technology consultant, System (Librarian) Administrator, and has been involved in various E.C. projects and personnel training programs. His main scientific interests and publications focus on educational technology, social network analysis, NP-complete problems, graph theory, object-oriented programming, and environmental education. He has taught Computer Science in Secondary Education in Ioannina, at Johns Hopkins University's Greek Centre for Talented Youth, and in the Department of Computer Engineering of the School of Applied Technology at the Technological Educational Institution of Epirus. As a secondary education teacher, he has coordinated more than 80 national and international projects (e.g., multilateral, bilateral, Assistantship, Leonardo, Interreg, Erasmus & Grundtvig) dealing mainly with European citizenship, refugee flow, volunteerism, biodiversity, addictions, innovation, human rights, STEAM, and theatre. From 2021 to 2024, he served as Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network.
Thodoris Paraschou studied Geology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and has been working as a teacher in Secondary Education for the last sixteen years. During these years, he has taught both science and mathematics. In 2005, he completed his postgraduate studies in Geography and Environment with a scholarship from State Scholarships Foundation (IKY), and in 2020, he completed his postgraduate studies in Education, Critical Pedagogy, and Teacher Education. For several years, he has been involved in research and has written articles in scientific journals. He has engaged with amateur theater and animation groups and has implemented similar activities in the schools where he has worked. He has published two books as a co-author: the graphic novel "Species: Homo-Unhackable" (May 2023, ISBN: 978-618-536-74-8) and "...with a Taste of Mathematics" (December 2023, ISBN: 978-618-5364-85-4), which concerns the teaching of mathematics with the TIM (Theatre in Mathematics) methodology. Since 2019, he has been an active member of the TIM group of Chania.
Organised by the Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network (TENet-Gr)
Info: info@theatroedu.gr / ++306541600