The Drama Classroom: Action, Reflection, TransformationHow can teachers incorporate drama into the curriculum? What drama activities are especially successful? How do teachers know when students are learning in, through and about drama? Teachers who are new to drama, or those wishing to refresh their knowledge and ideas, should find practical answers and guidance in this text. The book introduces the work of Cecily O'Neill to demonstrate the entry points to drama lessons, the pre-texts, and how educators need to introduce lessons with challenging material. He then uses the work of David Booth to highlight one aspect of drama - storydrama - and how it can be used as an effective learning medium across the curriculum. |
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The Drama Classroom provides an accessible and manageable approach for educators wanting to teach drama ... Informed by international developments in the teaching of drama, The Drama Classroom incorporates the pioneering work of two ...
The Drama Classroom provides an accessible and manageable approach for educators wanting to teach drama ... Informed by international developments in the teaching of drama, The Drama Classroom incorporates the pioneering work of two ...
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We who have a commitment to teacher education and curriculum reform, especially in the field of theatre education, are aware that many of the great practitioners are equally the great theorists. I am thinking of the brilliant educator ...
We who have a commitment to teacher education and curriculum reform, especially in the field of theatre education, are aware that many of the great practitioners are equally the great theorists. I am thinking of the brilliant educator ...
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Any good drama teacher knows that curriculum is a lived experience; it is negotiated with colleagues and students - a fallible event dependent upon the abilities, moods and backgrounds of those who construct it.
Any good drama teacher knows that curriculum is a lived experience; it is negotiated with colleagues and students - a fallible event dependent upon the abilities, moods and backgrounds of those who construct it.
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The plan Episode 1 : Telling the tale The teacher is familiar enough with the Sciezska version that he can almost tell it verbatim without referring to the text. There are strong advantages in this ploy: eye contact is an important ...
The plan Episode 1 : Telling the tale The teacher is familiar enough with the Sciezska version that he can almost tell it verbatim without referring to the text. There are strong advantages in this ploy: eye contact is an important ...
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Adapted from Jon Scieszka The teacher also wants the students to construct in this episode their own images of Alex and the pigs, and he reminds the group that only a few pictures from the book will be shown.
Adapted from Jon Scieszka The teacher also wants the students to construct in this episode their own images of Alex and the pigs, and he reminds the group that only a few pictures from the book will be shown.
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Contents
Getting started with good pretexts | 23 |
storydrama and storying across | 44 |
Designing drama curriculum | 74 |
Historical perspectives on drama praxis | 95 |
Resources and further reading | 133 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Drama Classroom: Action, Reflection, Transformation |
| Author | Philip Taylor |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2004 |
| ISBN | 1135710449, 9781135710446 |
| Length | 152 pages |
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