Welcome to Our Resource Website!

We are a group of basic and higher education teachers who attended Philippine Educational Theater Association or PETA's online class on Creative Pedagogy for Blended Learning held last June 17, 19, 22, 24, & 28, 2020. We come from different schools and cities, teaching different subjects.

The development of this online resource site is inspired by the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic that brought us together to engage in a dialogue and go through an experiential learning that will help us navigate our way to transitioning to the "new normal".

For 5 days, we learned about PETA's Creative Pedagogy and explored possibilities on how we can integrate and apply this arts and culture-based approach to blended learning. We engaged in a process of deep reflections to revisit and recalibrate our teaching practice.

We invite you to go through each section and learn about how we, the teacher-explorers, courageously navigated our return to the "School of the New Normal".

The Course

This 5-day basic online Course is intended for private and public school instructors teaching various subjects in K-12.

It aims to enhance teachers' TPACK (technology, pedagogy, attitudes, and content knowledge) competency through the integration of PETA’s Creative Pedagogy in a blended learning environment. The Course mainly focuses on sharing essential elements & principles of PETA’s arts and culture-based approach to teaching as well as pedagogical tools that teachers can use when we transition to blended learning.

Listed below are the equally important factors that were given focus in conducting the training program:

Building confidence and enhancing teachers’ creativity and critical thinking skills;
Developing learners’ intrinsic motivation for increased engagement in blended learning environment through the use of arts in teaching;
Strengthening focus on socio-emotional development and values integration in blended learning;
Fostering a fun, creative, student-centered blended learning environment.

The Learning Outcomes

Identify the key areas of change in our teaching practice to promote a creative and student-centered blended learning environment

Identify entry points for integrating creative pedagogical tools in blended learning

Explain the key elements and basic principles of PETA's Creative Pedagogy as a relevant and effective approach to teaching

Demonstrate the ability to integrate and apply PETA’s creative pedagogy in designing blended learning modules and lesson plans

Examine how the PETA pedagogy can be integrated and used as methodology for teaching any K-12 subjects/topics to achieve most essential learning competencies (MELCs) in a blended learning environment

The Facilitators

SAME, SAME BUT DIFFERENT!

The digital Jurassic and a Teacher Trainer-Educator. The digital immigrant and a Values Education Teacher. The digital native and an Architectural Designer. Three generations of PETA Artist-Teachers from diverse backgrounds & perspectives. All different but share the same passion for theater and teaching for change!

Lea L. Espallardo

Lea is a teacher-trainer at UNESCO's Asia Pacific Center of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU) and a member of Peace Education Project Momo. She majored in BA Communication Arts at UST and finished MA in Learning & Teaching at DLSU.

Norbs Portales

Norbs is a Freelance Actor for Stage, TV & Film, an Acting Coach, Director, Musical Improv Performer, Organizer, and a Workshop Facilitator-Trainer on theater making & acting, creative pedagogy in the classroom (Theater-in-Education) and Theater-for-Development courses on Community-Managed Risk Reduction, Gender, HIV, Positive Discipline, Health Education, among others.

He is a Licensed Professional Teacher, an Alumnus of the Philippine Normal University, the National Center for Teacher Education.

Erold Enriquez

Erold is an architectural designer, built-heritage conservator, curatorial and research assistant in Arc Lico International Consultancy Services Corp. (ARCH LICO). He finished his Bachelor of Science in Architecture degree at the University of Santo Tomas College of Architecture.

PETA School of People's Theater

Creative Pedagogy for Blended Learning is one of the Courses offered under Let's Get Creative Plus or LGC+. LGC+ is a 5-day integrated theater arts online classes being offered to kids, teens, and adult learners by PETA's School of People's Theater or SPT.

SPT is the training arm of PETA responsible for initiating and coordinating the educational component of the company. Through the SPT, PETA expresses its continued commitment to the mission of making theater accessible for everyone and connected to the lives of people. It has of a pool of expert educators from various backgrounds who bring with them a wealth of experience as arts practitioners and artist-teachers. They inspire and unleash creativity in teaching theater and applied theater courses. The SPT, through its various networks, has successfully conducted year-round theater workshops at the PETA Theater Center and community workshops both locally and internationally. The SPT also supports and enhances many cultural, educational and development initiatives of various sectors and communities in the archipelago.