Rate My Professor Lynn Everett

Dr. Lynn Everett is a Lecturer in Creative and Performing Arts Education in the School of Education, Faculty of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Education at the University of New England. She earned her PhD, Graduate Diploma in Education, and BA Honours from the University of New England. As a key member of the Creative and Performing Arts Education team, she specializes in Creative and Performing Arts, focusing on innovative applications in educational settings. Her career at UNE encompasses teaching and research in drama and creative arts pedagogy.

Dr. Everett's research specializations include drama education in primary, secondary, and tertiary contexts; drama as a teaching tool across the curriculum, especially in science and environmental education; and movement-based approaches to teaching drama. She has made contributions through conference presentations and scholarly publications. Key conference papers are 'The Influence of the Lecoq School on Drama Education in Australia' and 'Tre Los Lantana: Using Theatre for Environmental Education,' both presented at the International Drama in Education Association conference (IDEA 2004), Ottawa University, Canada; 'The Bouffon' at the Australasian Drama Studies Association Conference, University of Newcastle (2000), published in the proceedings Spectacle and Performance; and 'From Paris with Love: The Lecoq Influence on George Ogilvie's Directing' at the Australasian Drama Studies Association Conference, Queensland University of Technology (1999), published in the proceedings Industrial Relations. Her journal article 'Thrills and Spills: The Precarious Life of Circus Monoxide' appeared in Australasian Drama Studies, no. 35 (October 1999). More recent works include the chapter 'Sustainability and the Creative Arts' in Educating for Sustainability in Primary Schools (Springer, 2015) and 'Deep learning in teacher professional development using educational drama: a case study of the ‘Living Newspaper’ approach' in Leadership and Policy in Schools (2024). Dr. Everett coordinates units such as Creative Arts Curriculum Studies 1 (EDAE124), Secondary Education: Drama 1 (EDAE336), Secondary Education: Drama 2 (EDAE337), and Creative Arts Key Learning Area (EDAE303), enhancing theoretical and practical skills in dance, music, drama, and visual arts.