Conducts an informal inquiry into the early influences on the careers of various theatre professionals. Suggests the role of those in secondary school theatre education is to honor all students' dreams and passions. (NH)

Offers five strategies to help high school drama teachers establish a planning strategy for implementing and managing a theater program, helping them to shift from the defensive role and redirect their focus to administrative and management issues. (SR)

Contends that every individual should be offered the educational opportunity to develop aesthetically by exposure to the techniques, processes, and products of the arts. Discusses how, where, and by whom arts-in-education can be implemented. (PD)

Considers the pedagogy of teaching theater to college students who will be secondary school drama teachers, including available instructional materials and lack of methods courses. Calls for creation of a complete pedagogy for secondary school theater. (PA)

This document outlines what beginning classroom teachers and arts education specialists should know and be able to do to teach the arts effectively. The volume serves as a guide for individual states, professional organizations, and teacher education programs as they develop and refine their standards and practices. The Interstate New Teacher…