Theatre and learning / edited by Art Babayants and Heather Fitzsimmons Frey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Babayants, Art, editor.

Frey, Heather Fitzimmons, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drama in education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Summary:

As early as Plato, theorists acknowledged the power of theatre as a way of teaching young minds. Similarly, starting with Plato, philosophers occasionally adopted an anti-theatrical stance, worried by the "dangers" theatre posed to society. The relationships between learning and theatre have never been seen as straightforward, obvious, or without contradictions. This volume investigates the complexity of the intersection of theatre and learning, addressing both the theoretical and practical aspects of it. In three sections-Reflecting, Risking, and Re-imagining-theatre researchers, education sc

Contents:

Part I. Reflecting

Part II. Risking

Part III. Re-imagining.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 17, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4438-8205-4

OCLC:

921217078