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Our Bet Has Been Called.
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Bedard, Roger L. – Youth Theatre Journal, 1989
Discusses the historical foundations of children's theatre and drama/theatre education. Raises questions and suggests challenges for the future of the field. (MS)
Descriptors: Art Education, Drama, Elementary Secondary Education, Theater Arts
The Think Tank on Multi-Cultural Theatre Literacy.
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Bedard, Roger L. – Youth Theatre Journal, 1992
Discusses issues relating to theater literacy from a multicultural perspective. Includes a position statement, an "inclusive" definition of theater, and a list of elements considered essential to a culturally sensitive theater curriculum. (SR)
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Secondary Education, Multicultural Education, Theater Arts
Challenges to the Field: Working Together.
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Bedard, Roger L. – Design for Arts in Education, 1989
Reviews the problems and challenges created by the demise of the American Theatre Association (ATA). Emphasizes that theater education is not adequately represented in the nation's schools. Defines theater education issues as theater education curriculum, assessment instruments, theater teacher training, and subject matter endorsement. (GG)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Dramatics, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Improvement
Children's Theatre Association of America: Issues of the Past, Challenges of the Future.
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Schwartz, Dorothy T.; Bedard, Roger L. – Children's Theatre Review, 1984
Reviews the 40-year history of an association dedicated to the growth and development of children's theatre and child drama in the U.S. and abroad. (PD)
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Creative Dramatics, Drama
Is It a "Skip" or a "Dance"?: Elbridge T. Gerry's Campaign against Child Actors.
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Bedard, Roger L. – Youth Theatre Journal, 1997
Describes Elbridge T. Gerry's work from 1874 to about 1900 as founder and director of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Notes his place at the center of the controversy surrounding children on the professional stage in New York. (SR)
Descriptors: Acting, Child Advocacy, Child Labor, Child Welfare
Negotiating Marginalization: TYA and the Schools.
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Bedard, Roger L. – Youth Theatre Journal, 2003
Considers how school agendas dominate virtually every aspect of professional theatre for young audiences (TYA) companies. Proves the historical heritages of this ideological dance. Explores the TYA field through perspectives of agency - the implications of the overt activities of the field in the signifying discourses of the field. (SG)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Ideology, Program Effectiveness