Drama Structures

Drama Structures
Author: Cecily O'Neill
Publisher: Nelson Thornes
Total Pages: 242
Release: 1982
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780748701919

Grade level: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, e, i, s, t.

MasterClass in Drama Education

MasterClass in Drama Education
Author: Michael Anderson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2011-12-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 144112764X

MasterClass in Drama Education explores drama teaching, drawing directly on international research and practice, presenting effective and engaging approaches for drama learning and focusing on the skills, knowledge and understanding needed by researchers teachers and Master's-level students. Anderson also draws on the history of drama education to create a foundation for effective learning and teaching. Topics covered include: - The foundations of drama learning - Planning - Knowledge and skills - Assessment MasterClass in Drama Education will be essential reading for all studying the teaching and learning of drama on PGCE and Education MEd/MA courses.

The Drama Classroom

The Drama Classroom
Author: Philip Taylor
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2004-01-14
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135710457

How 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.

Creating Drama with 4-7 Year Olds

Creating Drama with 4-7 Year Olds
Author: Miles Tandy
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2009-12-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135191689

This highly practical book gives you all the ideas you need to make drama an exciting, regular and integral part of your primary school’s KS1 curriculum.

Drama Therapy and Storymaking in Special Education

Drama Therapy and Storymaking in Special Education
Author: Paula Crimmens
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2006
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1843102919

Aimed at professionals working with children with special needs, this title covers the spectrum of students attending special need schools, including those with attention deficit disorder, autism and Asperger's syndrome. Crimmens places methods of using therapeutic storymaking, within the context of drama therapy.

Making Sense of Drama

Making Sense of Drama
Author: Jonothan Neelands
Publisher: Heinemann
Total Pages: 132
Release: 1984
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780435186586

This book will give teachers from all subject areas the confidence to explore the possibilities of drama in the classroom.

Drama in Education

Drama in Education
Author: Ása Helga Ragnarsdóttir
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2019-11-22
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0429877080

As schools have become more aware of their role in addressing personal and social issues, the importance of ‘values and attitudes’ have begun shaping education and curricula worldwide. Drama in Education explores the six fundamental pillars of the national curriculum guide of Iceland in relation to these changing values and attitudes. Focusing on the importance of human relations, this book explores literacy, sustainability, health and welfare, democracy and human rights, equality and creativity. It demonstrates the capability of drama as a teaching strategy for effectively working towards these fundamental pillars and reflects on how drama in education can be used to empower children to become healthy, creative individuals and active members in a democratic society. Offering research-based examples of using drama successfully in different educational contexts and considering practical challenges within the classroom, Drama in Education: Exploring Key Research Concepts and Effective Strategies is an essential guide for any modern drama teacher.

Indigenous North American Drama

Indigenous North American Drama
Author: Birgit Däwes
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2012-12-29
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1438446624

Responding to an increasing need for critical perspectives and methodologies, this collection traces the historical dimensions of Native North American drama through overviews of major developments, individual playwrights' perspectives, and in-depth critical analyses. Bringing together writers and scholars from the United States, Canada, and Europe, Indigenous North American Drama provides the first comprehensive outline of this vibrant genre. It also acknowledges the wide diversity of styles and perspectives that have helped shape contemporary Native North American theater itself. This interdisciplinary introduction offers a basis for new readings of Native American and First Nations literature at large.

Drama and Intelligence

Drama and Intelligence
Author: Richard Courtney
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 216
Release: 1990
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780773507661

One of the greatest dramatists of all time, Shakespeare, recognized that dramatic action was not limited to the stage. Now, in Drama and Intelligence, a work firmly rooted in developmental drama, Richard Courtney is the first to examine dramatic action as an intellectual and cognitive activity. Courtney explores the nature of those experiences we live "through" and which involve us in what is termed "as if" thinking and action.