The Routledge Companion to Drama in Education

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The Routledge Companion to Drama in Education is a comprehensive reference guide to this unique performance discipline, focusing on its process-oriented theatrical techniques, engagement of a broad spectrum of learners, its historical roots of as a field of inquiry and its transdisciplinary pedagogical practices. The book approaches DE from a wide range of perspectives, from leading scholars to teaching artists and school educators who specialize in DE teaching. It presents the central disciplinary conversations around key issues, including best practice in DE, aesthetics and artistry in teaching, the histories of DE, ideologies in drama and education, and concerns around access, inclusivity, and justice. Including reflections, lesson plans, program designs, case studies, and provocations from scholars, educators, and community arts workers, this is most robust and comprehensive resource for those interested in DE’s past, present, and future. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents List of figures List of contributors Acknowledgements Forewords We contain multitudes: an introduction PART I: Boundaries and contours 1 A personal genealogy of the idea of drama education as a force for change 2 Distancing as topos in process drama 3 Pedagogical assemblages exploring social justice issues through drama education 4 Drama in education and the value of process 5 “Creating conditions for the emergence of the as-yet-unimagined”: drama in education as artistic pedagogy 6 Whose enlightened pedagogy? A historical mini-tour of the educating process of drama 7 Reimagining drama in education: towards a postdramatic pedagogy 8 The influence of the “conventions approach” on the practice of drama in different cultures 9 In the spaces for play: learning in Mantle of the Expert 10 Critical process drama framework 11 Humanizing education with dramatic inquiry: in dialogue with Dorothy Heathcote’s radical and transformative pedagogy 12 Assessment in drama education PART II: Methods, programmes, and partnerships 13 Drama as a pedagogy of connection: using Heathcote’s rolling role system to activate the ethical imagination 14 Ecological education of preschool children using process drama 15 Drama for climate change education 16 Storytelling theatre and education 17 An imagined cultural identity: reflections on a classroom drama How Wang-fo Was Saved 18 Action (re)call in the theatre classroom, Sweden 19 ‘Do Something Different…’: a teaching inquiry into the use of Mantle of the Expert to support struggling writers 20 A dramatic approach to teaching tough topics: using children’s literature and drama to explore the refugee and migrant experience 21 “Freeze!” – building reflective and analytical skills in children through drama 22 Theater for children’s dialogical specificities 23 Bodies at play: body image and the young actor 24 Little Red and the Wolf: devising with young people at Eastlake Park 25 Facilitating post-performance process drama in an Irish primary school 26 Accessible for all: drama-based pedagogy in an inclusive primary school 27 Harnessing the power of Flight: devising responsive theatre for the very young 28 A comparative case study of a DiE-inspired music and theatre project for linguistically and culturally diverse pupils in Hong Kong and London 29 Mixed methods in drama education research: a project autopsy 30 Dramatic approaches in the English classroom: embodied, agentic and aesthetic learning 31 Drama workshops as single events in higher education – what can we learn? 32 Boal in the Philippine classroom: using Theatre of the Oppressed in teaching literature 33 Implementing Universal Design for Learning in Out-of-School Time drama education 34 Trauma-informed considerations for drama in education with adults 35 Humanizing the curriculum: exploring the use of drama pedagogy in faculty development 36 Dream Stage – let our dreams come true through the arts 37 We Serve Too! A reflection on drama and storytelling with military children 38 A dramatic approach to appreciating mythological history 39 Real for me: co-creation drama negotiating safer sexual boundaries 40 The elements of drama in second language education: an intercultural perspective 41 Formulating a learning context using teacher in role for reading fluency in ESL students 42 Drama for cultural and linguistic diversity (CALD): applying drama with students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in Australian educational settings 43 Outcomes of using drama-based pedagogy in language teaching and learning 44 ‘It Lifts Up Your Imagination’: drama-rich pedagogy, literature and literacy: the School Drama programme 45 Daring to be different: drama as a tool for empowering the teachers of tomorrow 46 Enlivening teachers’ co-creating attitude 47 Challenging your students, challenging yourself: the golden opportunity of being an in-school drama educator today 48 Drama teacher education – a long-view perspective 49 Looking back and forward: reflecting on my facilitation as a drama in education teacher and facilitator at Lupane State University in Zimbabwe 50 Mei Ling, Mary, and Michaela: mapping drama teaching journeys PART III: Futures and possibilities 51 Opening up the field of drama education to performance studies: tensions and opportunities 52 Evolution, diffusion and disturbance : drama, education and technology 53 Designing a transmedia theatre experience for drama education 54 Digital bodies/live space: how digital technologies might inform gesture, space, place, and the performance of identity in contemporary drama education experiences 55 Playing with theatre: there can be a place for childhood in the favela 56 Numbers count: quantitative research in drama education 57 When crises should go to waste, or how I learned to stop supporting disaster capitalism and love the classroom Index