Immediacy and personalizing: celebrating Philip Taylor

Abstract

Many students, over four decades, could write about how Dr Philip Taylor’s scholarship has influenced their thinking and intellectual interests, particularly in the area of drama in education. As one of those former students, I can offer some insights into that particular influence of his, spanning a number of different countries around the globe. Numerous students have travelled great distances for the opportunity to study with him, which also forms part of my own personal story. However no matter whom you are or how you have been introduced to Taylor’s work, you will quickly recognize that he is deeply and authentically affected by the classroom experience.