178. All the World’s a Stage - with Dr. Ray Swann, Teacher, Author, Host, Actor

Taking Off The Mask

English - January 31, 2024 00:00 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MB
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“Teachers will generally give longer wait time for kids that they think know the answer, than kids that they think don’t know the answer.” - Dr. Ray Swann

Ever Forward Club’s Ashanti Branch is joined by Dr. Ray Swann. Ray knows a thing or two about acting and emotions. Pair that with a deep knowledge of teaching and learning, and you have an excellent educator.

Ray is currently the Executive Director of the Foundation for Positive Masculinity, an NGO based in Melbourne Australia. He hosts The Understanding Boys podcast and wrote “The Seven Stories: Planting Seeds for Positive Masculinities” - a book full of mindfulness stories for boys.

(0:00) Welcome!

(5:15) Ray introduces himself.

(9:15) The front of Ray’s mask - calm, hard-working, engaged.

(14:35) The front of Ashanti’s mask - hard-working, passionate, emotions.

(15:35) What does “calm” really mean?

(21:45) The back of Ray’s mask - sensitive, characters/voices, sad/melancholic.

(24:30) William Shakespeare's "As You Like It".

(31:30) How to make students feel safe to participate in class.

(35:15) The back of Ashanti’s mask - fear of failure, sadness, worry.

(42:45) “The Wasteland” by T.S. Eliot.

(46:15) How acting and performing informs how Ray interacts with his students.

(54:45) Final thoughts and how to get in touch with Ray.