Acting, Learning and Change Creating Original Plays with Adolescents

Name: Acting, Learning and Change Creating Original Plays with Adolescents
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ISBN: 9780325003214

ISBN-10: 0325003211

ISBN-13: 9780325003214

Edition: 2003

Authors: Jennifer Wolf, Jan Mandell

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. . . a book that in a quiet way gives startling twists and turns to several key ideas that have gained increasing strength over the past two decades in school reform and learning theory. - Shirley Brice Heath, Professor of English and Linguistics, Stanford University When adolescents create and act in their own plays, something more than a production and performance results. As Jan Mandell and Jennifer Wolf attest, the power of the arts in learning can lead to a real passion for justice and the courage to question. For teachers, it can mean new ways of thinking about the gifts and talents of their students as learners and explicators of their own skills and knowledge. This book…

Book details

List price: $37.15
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Heinemann
Publication date: 7/30/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Foreword


Introduction



The Receptive Mind



The Ensemble



Creating



Rehearsal



Performing


Final Thoughts


App. 1: Sample Lesson Plans



Universal Coachings



Organizing a Playwriting Festival


App. 4: Press Release Sample


App. 5: Research Methods


Annotated Bibliography