Beginning Drama 11-14

ISBN: 978-0-415-55174-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm

‘I know of no more useful and enthusiastic book about what drama teaching is all about than this one.’ – The Use of English

This third edition of Beginning Drama 11–14 has been fully updated and revised to reflect the new Secondary Curriculum and its emphasis on life long and life wide learning. It explores the roles, skills and knowledge needed to become an effective drama teacher and proposes practical ways for teachers to energise drama in the new Key Stage 3 curriculum.

Written by a leading authority in the field for trainee and experienced teachers, the book provides practical advice and guidance on teaching the Key Stage 3 drama curriculum along with lesson plans for teachers to use. There are new sections on the assessment of pupils’ performances and ensemble based learning to show how drama can deliver the key personal and social aims of the curriculum as well as a detailed analysis of an exemplar scheme of work for Key Stage 3.

This informative guide to Drama and Theatre Education at Key Stage 3 is based in best and next practice and essential for teachers interested in developing a broad and successful drama programme in school.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Neelands, Jonothan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Weiterführende Schulen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Introduction to the 3rd Edition Preface Section One: The Drama Curriculum The Field of Drama How can a Drama Curriculum Cover So Much? Formal and Informal Learning in Drama The Four Conditions of Theatre The Rehearsal Room and Ensemble Approach to Theatre Making Local Vs National Curriculum A Common Subject Core: Modes of Activity Teaching through drama and theatre conventions Open Space and Cross Curricular Learning A curriculum model for drama at KS3 A curriculum plan for KS3 Matching teaching approaches to the curriculum plan Structuring lessons which are progressively challenging Assessment in the KS3 curriculum model Drama and Language Development The Living Experience of Drama Section Two: The Roles, Skills and Knowledge of the Drama Teacher Roles Skills Knowledge Section Three YEAR 7 - Playing Shakespeare: Hamlet YEAR 8 – Devising process based on a text stimulus What Has Happened to Lulu by Charles Causley YEAR 9 – Teaching social issues through drama: Migration based on The Arrival by Shaun Tan An A-Z of Drama Conventions and Techniques Bibliographies The Rationale/Philosophy of Drama Education Strategies / Approaches for Teaching Drama at Ks3 Beyond KS3 Teaching ShakespeareDrama Games Modern Theatre Texts and Performance Theory Theatre/Actor Training

Über Autor(innen)

Jonothan Neelands is a National Teaching Fellow, Chair of Drama and Theatre Education and Director of Teaching and Learning in the Institute of Education at the University of Warwick.