Sue Cowley

Getting the Buggers Into Drama

A Practical Guide to Teaching Drama

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Produktbeschreibung

Part of the hit 'Getting...' series: a brilliant guide for both specialist drama teachers and teachers who want to use drama to help teach other elements of the curriculum This wonderfully accessible and practical guide provides a range of effective strategies for teaching drama. Written with her usual practicality, humour and optimism, Sue Cowley demonstrates how drama can make lessons across the curriculum more interesting and engaging. Both the specialist drama teacher and those who are interested in using drama to help them deliver other areas of the curriculum will find an invaluable resource here. It will also be particularly helpful to staff at primary level who have found themselves lumbered with "putting on the school play"! 'Written in her usual informal style, which addresses the teacher directly, this is a very useful addition to the professional library of any school, and should be particularly helpful to inexperienced or non-specialist staff both in primary and lower secondary settings.' - A real school librarian

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 270g
• ISBN-13: 9780826497581
• ISBN-10: 0826497586
• Artikelnr.: 22955391

Autorenporträt

Sue Cowley

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction 1 Teaching drama Drama in the curriculum The
benefits of drama Common pitfalls for drama teachers Drama across the
curriculum Structuring drama lessons Classroom management for drama Drama
spaces 2 Ways of working Individual focus Warm ups Trust games Pair work
Small group work Improvisation Freeze frames Hot seating Judgement chair
Thought tracking Conscience alley / Thought tunnel The role of the expert
Whole class improvisation Teacher in role Meetings Tag improvisation 3
Building drama skills Concentration Focus exercises Cooperation Cooperation
exercises Confidence Confidence boosting exercises 4 Warm ups and cool
downs Why warm up? Physical warm ups Vocal warm ups Why cool down? Cool
down exercises 5 Aspects of drama Inspiration Storytelling Props Costume
Setting - place and time Creating atmosphere Using contrasts Selecting
material Themes Forms Genre Scripts and texts Writing in drama 6 Role play
and characterisation Role play Facial expression Voice Body language Age
Occupation Relationships Gender Status Motive and motivation 7 Dramatic
tension What is tension? Dramatic tension Body language Atmosphere
Characters and relationships Confined spaces A series of problems Suspense
Conflict 8 Advanced drama techniques Sub-text Dramatic irony Symbolism
Semiotics Narrative theatre - the 'aside' Objective and super-objective 9
Themes for drama Communication Bullying The Estate War 10 Drama across the
curriculum Art and design Citizenship Design and technology Geography
History ICT Mathematics MFL Music PE Science Religious education Careers
education PSHE 11 Staging a successful school production Choosing a
production Casting Budgeting The production team The audience Rehearsals
Top tips for a successful performance Appendix One: Vocabulary list for
drama Appendix Two: Internet links for drama Appendix Three: Texts for
drama