[PDF] The Drama Classroom eBook

Author : Philip Taylor
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 41,6 MB
Release : 2004-01-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 1135710449

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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.

Author : Polly Erion
Publisher :
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 50,24 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781882897049

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"Drama in the Classroom" is a teaching tool that helps young people discover their own unique qualities and, at the same time, appreciate the talents and needs of others. This book offers seventy-nine lessons designed to enable anyone working with children to stimulate creativity, enhance learning, and foster cooperation, self-control and confidence. Question-and-answer help for using the book, goals, activities, step-by-step procedures, and evaluations are included.

Author : Philip Taylor
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 49,73 MB
Release : 2004-01-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 1135710457

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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.

Author : Alice Savage
Publisher : Alphabet Publishing
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 19,55 MB
Release : 2019-04-22
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1948492458

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Everything you need to get dramatic in the classroom This easy-to-use, comprehensive teacher-resource book has lesson plans and practical activities that integrate theater into language learning. Plus ten original scripts so you can put the activities into action immediately! Drama and play scripts can be used to teach pronunciation, pragmatics, and other communication skills, as well as provide grammar and vocabulary practice! Conveniently organized into two parts, Part 1 includes pragmatics mini-lessons, community builders, drama games, and pronunciation activities. There are also lesson plans for producing a play (either fully-staged or as Reader's Theater), as well as guidelines and activities for writing plays to use with (or without students,) and suggestions for integrating academic content. You’ll even find rubrics and evaluation schemes for giving notes and feedback. Part 2 includes 10 original monologues and scripts of varying lengths that can be photocopied and used in the classroom. Specifically designed to feature everyday language and high frequency social interactions, these scenes and sketches follow engaging plot arcs in which characters face obstacles and strive to achieve objectives. With a foreword by Ken Wilson, this book is a must-have for anyone interested in using the performing arts to help students become more confident and fluent speakers.

Author : Mike Fleming
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 38,1 MB
Release : 2017-06-14
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1315460556

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Why teach drama? How can a newcomer teach drama successfully? How do we recognize quality in drama? Starting Drama Teaching is a comprehensive guide to the teaching of drama in schools. Exploring the aims and purposes of drama, it provides an insight into the theoretical perspectives that underpin practice alongside activities, example lesson plans and approaches to planning. Written in an accessible style, the book addresses such practical issues as setting up role play, how to inject depth into group drama, working with text, teaching playwriting, as well as common problems that arise in the drama classroom and how to avoid them. This fourth edition has been updated to reflect the latest educational thinking and developments in policy and includes: a new chapter on researching drama; an extra section on digital technology and drama; guidance on different approaches to drama; advice on how teachers can achieve and recognize quality work in drama; a discussion of drama concepts including applied theatre, ensemble and rehearsal approaches. Acting on the growing interest in drama both as a separate subject and as a teaching methodology, this book is full of sensible, practical advice for teachers using drama at all levels and in all kinds of different school contexts. Written by an internationally recognized leading name in drama education, this book is valuable reading for trainee teachers who are new to drama and teachers who wish to update and broaden their range.

Author : Nellie McCaslin
Publisher : Allyn & Bacon
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,14 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Drama in education
ISBN : 9780801330735

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This book pertains to several aspects of drama such as understanding, inspiration, activities, poetry, plays, stories, etc.

Author : David Farmer
Publisher : David Farmer
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 16,22 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Education
ISBN : 1447877322

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'Learning Through Drama' contains drama strategies and lesson plans for use with primary school children across the curriculum. The book provides guidance to teachers who have never taught drama before but are considering using it in a subject area such as science or history and offers new approaches to those familiar with common drama techniques (such as hot-seating and teacher in role). The book includes 36 drama strategies and over 250 cross-curricular activities, including practical ideas for inspiring speaking, listening and writing. 'This book is a beautifully laid-out, easy to use resource, full of imaginative and practical ideas to help learning become much more memorable and inspirational.' - Hilary Lewis (Drama Consultant). 'Even the well-practiced and creative drama teacher will find something in this book that serves as a refresher, reminder or quite simply a new idea... a must-have publication for those serious about the teaching of drama in primary school settings.' - Teaching Drama magazine.

Author : Jonothan Neelands
Publisher : Heinemann
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 41,87 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780435186586

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

Author : Viola Spolin
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 44,70 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780810140042

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A collection of games and music to aid the drama teacher and give ideas for varied classes.

Author : Martin Lewis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 14,2 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Education
ISBN : 0415665299

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Teaching Classroom Drama and Theatre will be an essential text for anyone teaching drama in the modern classroom. It presents a model teachers can use to draw together different methodologies of drama and theatre studies, exemplified by a series of contemporary, exciting practical units.