Drama and Curriculum A Giant at the Door /

Written by drama practitioners/theorists, this book critically investigates the long, complex and ambivalent shared history of drama (and theatre) and education, formal and informal. The broad sweep takes in key historical and contemporary figures and their influences on drama education practice, in...

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Main Authors: OToole, John. (Author), Stinson, Madonna. (Author), Moore, Tiina. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
Series:Landscapes: the Arts, Aesthetics, and Education ; 6
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9370-8
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments. Preface by John OToole
  • Part One  Background and context. One  Strange bedfellows: drama and education by John OToole. Two  Curriculum: the house that Jack built by John OToole and Madonna Stinson
  • Part Two  Theories and practices. Three  Drama and language by John OToole and Madonna Stinson. Four  Drama for development and expression by John OToole. Five  Drama as pedagogy by John OToole. Six  Civil wars by John OToole. Seven  The three pillars of art by John OToole
  • Part Three  Drama in action in contemporary curriculum. Eight  Doorway politics: cracking an education system by John OToole and Madonna Stinson. Nine  Drama as macro-curriculum: peeking behind the closed doors of drama syllabus development by Madonna Stinson. Ten  The History Centre: a micro-curriculum by Tiina Moore. Eleven  Pasts, present and futures: which door next? by John OToole and Madonna Stinson.