This program, which applies William Shakespeare's works for gifted intermediate level students, involves student reading of plays, students and teachers reading together and discussing scenes, individual students rereading the plays, student projects applying their knowledge of the play, and evaluation of play productions. (JDD)

Describes the festival marking the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the National Association for the Preservation and Perpetuation of Storytelling. Suggests that storytelling is undergoing a renaissance. Suggests that not only is storytelling at the roots of drama/theater education, it is alive and well in practice. Discusses several…

Describes the planning and implementation of an interdisciplinary course at Northwestern University entitled "Contrasting Roles of Television and Theater Directors." Asserts that identifying the points of convergence between television and theater allows students to broaden their creative experiences, prepare for their respective fields,…

History gets a really bad "rep" in school. History teachers seemed to do everything they could to suck the interesting out of history, leaving only names, dates, and battles to memorize until the test was over. History can be brought up on its feet and given room to play when it's combined with theater. They work so well together. In this article,…

Support for reflective practice (Dewey, 1910; Schon, 1983) as a way of reviewing, articulating and informing practice, is well-established within teacher education and research, though there is still much to learn from the individual experience of the practitioner who grapples with the reflective process. This paper highlights the deliberations of…

"Confessions" begins with an auto-ethnographic account of my learning-through-movement in a relationship that was intimate, therapeutic, embodied and instructive--with a teacher called Annie. It seems sensible to start with a choreographic teacher of Feldenkrais therapies and theatre-movement to think about the meanings I import from my roles as…

Teachers who want to involve their pupils in classroom drama need to be aware of the necessary conditions for dramatic engagement. In this article we seek to identify four conditions for the preparation of successful drama, and support our argument with reference to Shakespearean drama. The conditions are identified as: agreement by the…

Recommends using "Readers' Theater" as an interdisciplinary approach to social studies. Maintains that the format lends itself to the examination of social issues and current events while it provides opportunities for a variety of learning styles. Briefly discusses Jan Truss' book, "A Very Small Rebellion." (MJP)

Author questions the assumptions behind the growing use of drama and theatre in education. (Editor/RK)

An acting teacher can train students to bring the reality of their personal lives to the various artificial structures that give form to playscripts and that can otherwise induce rigid or mechanical performances if not balanced by the vibrancy of the actor. A series of exercises allows students to discover how they may use their own impulses,…

Offers some techniques useful for helping students overcome tension-producing expectations about acting. (MH)

Describes an integrated approach to teaching broad-based theatre skills, including script analysis, research, design, directing, and acting. (PD)

Describes results of educational theatre exercises with a fifth grade and a college-level group. (CH)

A short description is given of the experiences of a first and a third grade class exercise in the making of hand puppets and the presentation of student productions. (EJS)