Putting process drama into action : the dynamics of practice / Pamela Bowell and Brian S. Heap.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bowell, Pamela, authors.

Heap, Brian S., author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Frances Baylinson Rosenbluth Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drama in education.

Improvisation (Acting).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 145 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routlege, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2017]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This new book provides a clear and accessible guide on best practice to support teachers when using process drama in establishing creative learning partnerships with their students. It offers a detailed analysis and explores the roles of actor, director and playwright that the teacher must adopt in order to develop the 'thinking on your feet' skills and knowledge necessary to deliver a complete process drama experience. Addressing the dynamic nature of process drama, it provides a clear and rigorous explanation of the theory of process drama and links it to practice. Drawing on a wide range of detailed examples from the authors' international and cross-cultural practice, it demonstrates how an effective process drama operates in action. Written to help practitioners and students produce powerful, artistic and educative experiences, chapters cover: pedagogy and the improvised nature of the art form; the structural framework and making shifts in the drama; the role of actor, director, playwright and teacher; monitoring emotional range; progression and the importance of reflection; the spiral of creative exchange and the complexities of co-creativity, Putting Process Drama info Action will be an essential guide for students undertaking initial teacher training at primary level in addition to those studying both Drama and English at secondary level. It will also prove to be essential reading for specialist and non-specialist teachers in the primary and secondary sectors who teach, or wish to teach, process drama. Book jacket.

Contents:

Process drama: art form and pedagogy

The improvised nature of the art form

The structural framework and making shifts in the drama

The head of the actor: working within the drama

The head of the director: the centrality of sign

The head of the playwright: developing the narrative, shaping and linking dramatic episodes

The head of the teacher: maintaining the learning

The imperative of task

Monitoring emotional range in drama

The spiral of creative exchange

Progression and the importance of reflection in process drama

Process drama and the complexities of co-creativity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Frances Baylinson Rosenbluth Fund.

ISBN:

9781315717975

1315717972

Publisher Number:

99989463707

40027317017

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.