"Gavin Bolton s Contextual Drama" is the result of more than two decades of study of Bolton s theory and practice. For teachers and those in the caring professions, it will clarify the power of contextual drama as a beneficial learning medium for children and adults, both within and beyond the classroom. The core of the book is a detailed analysis of nine examples of the contextual drama mode; the first five demonstrate and analyze Bolton s practice with children and young people and the final four describe his teaching with adults. Each chapter is framed by an introduction that...
"Gavin Bolton s Contextual Drama" is the result of more than two decades of study of Bolton s theory and practice. For teachers and those in the carin...
Theater teachers are forced to adapt constantly. Whether responding to advancing technologies, cuts to (or the growth of) their program, or ever-changing governmental mandates, they struggle to serve both their students and their craft. Using a theater arts program at one at a Midwestern high school, this book explores how change, good or ill, directly impacts students as well as teachers. Building on the work of the previous edition of "Temporary Stages," Jo Beth Gonzalez shows teachers how to sustain confidence and outlines critically conscious teaching, a technique that encourages students...
Theater teachers are forced to adapt constantly. Whether responding to advancing technologies, cuts to (or the growth of) their program, or ever-chang...
"The Student Actor Prepares" is a practical, interactive approach to a student actor s journey. Each chapter includes acting principles, their importance to the process, and workbook entries for emotional work, script analysis, and applications to the study of theater. Topics cover a brief history of the art of acting and how the study of acting can be an advantage in numerous occupations; an actor s discovery of emotional work; movement and mime practices for the actor; vocal practices for the actor; solo improvisational study; script analysis for the individual actor; rehearsal tips;...
"The Student Actor Prepares" is a practical, interactive approach to a student actor s journey. Each chapter includes acting principles, their importa...
Writing from the dual perspectives of artist and educator, Kathryn Dawson and Daniel A. Kelin II raise fundamental questions about the complex functions of the teaching artist in school, community, and professional theater settings. Contributions to the text explore a series of foundational concepts, including intentionality, quality, artistic perspective, assessment, and praxis, all used as a reflective framework to illuminate case studies from a wide range of teaching artist practice. Readers are also offered questions to guide their practical application, charts to complete, and the...
Writing from the dual perspectives of artist and educator, Kathryn Dawson and Daniel A. Kelin II raise fundamental questions about the complex functio...
This collection of essays from many of the world s preeminent drama education practitioners captures the challenges and struggles of teaching with honesty, humor, openness, and integrity. Collectively the authors possess some two hundred years of shared experience in the field, and each essay investigates the mistakes of best-intentions, the lack of awareness, and the omissions that pock all of our careers. The authors ask, and answer quite honestly, a series of difficult and reflexive questions: What obscured our understanding of our students needs in a particular moment? What drove our...
This collection of essays from many of the world s preeminent drama education practitioners captures the challenges and struggles of teaching with hon...
Taking a comprehensive critical and theoretical approach to the role of Shakespeare in educational policy and pedagogy from 1989the year compulsory Shakespeare was introduced under the National Curriculum for English in the United Kingdomto the present, "Shakespeare Valued" explores the esteem afforded Shakespeare in the British educational system and its evolution throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Sarah Olive offers an unparalleled analysis of the ways in which Shakespeare is valued in a range of educational domains in England, and the resulting book will be essential...
Taking a comprehensive critical and theoretical approach to the role of Shakespeare in educational policy and pedagogy from 1989the year compulsory Sh...
"Arts Integration in Education" is an insightful, even inspiring investigation into the enormous possibilities for change that are offered by the application of arts integration in education. Presenting research from a range of settings, from preschool to university, and featuring contributions from scholars and theorists, educational psychologists, teachers, and teaching artists, the book offers a comprehensive exploration and varying perspectives on theory, impact, and practices for arts-based training and arts-integrated instruction across the curriculum.
"Arts Integration in Education" is an insightful, even inspiring investigation into the enormous possibilities for change that are offered by the appl...
"Theatre for Youth Third Space" is a practical yet philosophically grounded handbook for people working in theater and performance with children and youth in community or educational settings. Presenting asset development approaches, deliberative dialogue techniques, and frames for building strong community relationships, Stephani Etheridge Woodson shares multiple project models that are firmly grounded in the latest community cultural development practices. Guiding readers step by step through project planning, creating safe environments, and using evaluation protocols, "Theatre for Youth...
"Theatre for Youth Third Space" is a practical yet philosophically grounded handbook for people working in theater and performance with children and y...