Although experiencing theater through videotape is not equivalent to experiencing live theater, the magic of theater and live instruction was not entirely lost when one off-campus student transferred from classroom to off-campus viewing for a semester. Concentration on graphics became more important, and lighting and sound could be more easily…

Discusses a teacher in the middle of completely changing the way she teaches drama and beginning again--by having children teach her. Summarizes what she has learned so far about child-centered drama leadership. (RS)

Describes a seminar for middle school and junior high school teachers held in March 1989 subtitled "Education through Drama, the Dorothy Heathcote Way" in which the ideas and methods of well-known British drama educator Dorothy Heathcote were presented. (SR)

Suggests that a director who remembers what it was like to be a beginner is better equipped to help students separate craft from impulse than one who has not been on stage. Discusses starting on time, playing games, teaching focus, giving notes honestly, and using resistance. (RS)

Most Forum Theatre practice encourages as many 'spect-actors' as possible to intervene directly on stage as part of the investigation of an oppressive social situation. Such practice is in line with Boal's advice (in "Games for actors and non-actors") that 'the keener the desire to take action, the more the spect-actors hurry on to the stage'.…

The article examines conflict avoidance in performing arts group work and issues arising in relation to teaching and learning. In group theory, conflict is addressed largely in terms of its detrimental effects on group work, and its constructive potential is often marginalized. Similarly, undergraduate students usually interpret "effective…

Despite recent moves toward a more collaborative relationship between the academic pursuit of music analysis and the practical pursuit of music performance, there remains a gulf between the two disciplines. This is partly because attempts at collaboration have generally focused on the use of music performance as a way of teaching music analysis…

In 2004, in response to the need to revise oral practice and assessment in the second semester of Beginners French at Monash University, an eight-week group-based theatre project was developed and trialled. A specially adapted version of Tardieu's absurdist play "Le Guichet" was used to give students the opportunity to focus on oral…

As educators of gifted students, the authors see more schools climbing aboard the differentiation wagon, and students who have been identified as cognitively gifted receiving services beyond logic worksheets. Everyone still has a long way to go, however. As classroom teachers become more familiar with characteristics of giftedness and begin to…

This monograph (in French) provides Alberta teachers with information relating to teaching about the world of the theater, and discusses the principal elements to be considered in mounting a theatrical production. It is intended for French language dramatic arts teachers (both in immersion courses and French-speaking schools). The monograph's four…

This report is the result of a six-week study in which the voice training offerings at four schools of drama in London were examined using interviews of teachers and directors, observation of voice classes, and attendance at studio presentations and public performances. The report covers such topics as: textbooks and references being used; courses…

Educational television has become an increasingly important successful element in television programing. This element can be introduced in the classroom through the frequent use of videotaped theatrical skits which illustrate points made by the instructor and which have been prepared in a television studio. The skits may be classified as either…

The first three chapters of this study on stage movement trace the emerging influence upon men of the theatre of "commedia," the Orient, and various psychologically-based therapies. The focus then shifts to what is currently being employed to train actors in this country. Using primary sources, eight schools (the Julliard School, the…

Stresses the importance for theatre teachers to understand the concept and practices involved in a learning packages' approach to instruction. (MH)