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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How are pigs and wolves considered in this world? To what extent do cultural understandings impact on our reading of events? How are judgements formed and when are they ill-conceived? These are three questions neatly evoked by the ...
How are pigs and wolves considered in this world? To what extent do cultural understandings impact on our reading of events? How are judgements formed and when are they ill-conceived? These are three questions neatly evoked by the ...
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The teacher is drawing the students into the humour of the tale as the wolf, Alexander T. Wolf, recounts how his motives with the pigs were pure; he was merely attempting to get from them a cup of sugar for his grandmother's birthday ...
The teacher is drawing the students into the humour of the tale as the wolf, Alexander T. Wolf, recounts how his motives with the pigs were pure; he was merely attempting to get from them a cup of sugar for his grandmother's birthday ...
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'Go away wolf you can't come in. I'm shaving the hairs on my chin chin chin.' Talk about impolite. He probably had a whole sack full of sugar and he wouldn't give me a cup for my dear old granny's birthday cake. What a pig!
'Go away wolf you can't come in. I'm shaving the hairs on my chin chin chin.' Talk about impolite. He probably had a whole sack full of sugar and he wouldn't give me a cup for my dear old granny's birthday cake. What a pig!
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Episode 2: Defending a wolf Once the story is completed the teacher immediately assumes the role of a reluctant defence attorney. ... a confession that he devoured these porkers and, as we know, wolves are the natural predators of ...
Episode 2: Defending a wolf Once the story is completed the teacher immediately assumes the role of a reluctant defence attorney. ... a confession that he devoured these porkers and, as we know, wolves are the natural predators of ...
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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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