New Directions in Teaching Theatre Arts

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This book reflects the changes in technology and educational trends (cross-disciplinary learning, entrepreneurship, first-year learning programs, critical writing requirements, course assessment, among others) that have pushed theatre educators to innovate, question, and experiment with new teaching strategies. The text focuses upon a firm practice-based approach that also reflects research in the field, offering innovative and proven methods that theatre educators may use to actively engage students and encourage student success. The sixteen essays in this volume are divided into five sections: Teaching with Digital Technology, Teaching in Response to Educational Trends, Teaching New Directions in Performance, Teaching Beyond the Traditional, and Teaching Collaboratively or Across Disciplines. Study of this book will provoke readers to question both teaching methods and curricula as they consider the ever-shifting arts landscape and the potential careers for theatre graduates. Front Matter ....Pages i-xix Introduction (Gail S. Medford, Anne Fliotsos)....Pages 1-5 Front Matter ....Pages 7-7 Approaches to “Audience-Centered” Performance: Designing Interaction for the iGeneration (William W. Lewis)....Pages 9-25 This Is the Dawning of the Age of the Online Course: Reimagining Introduction to Theatre (Elizabeth A. Osborne, Shelby Lunderman)....Pages 27-43 “I Had Never Danced in a Bathroom Before”: Using Audio Walks to Engage Theatre Students in the World Outside the Classroom (James McKinnon)....Pages 45-61 Digital Storytelling Pedagogies, Processes and Performances: Two Case Studies (Amy Petersen Jensen, Megan Alrutz)....Pages 63-79 Front Matter ....Pages 81-81 Theatre Assessment for Teaching and Learning (Jane Duncan, Bradley W. Griffin, Travis Malone)....Pages 83-99 Teaching Critical Writing in the World Theatre Course: WAC Pedagogy and the Scaffolded Research Paper (Kelly Aliano, Dongshin Chang)....Pages 101-115 Theatre and the First-Year Experience: Activities for Transdisciplinary Teaching (Stacey Connelly)....Pages 117-136 Front Matter ....Pages 137-137 Training Actors with Disabilities (Deric McNish)....Pages 139-156 The Intracultural Actor: Embracing Difference in Theatre Arts Teaching (Chris Hay, Kristine Landon-Smith)....Pages 157-173 The Entrepreneurial Actor: A Study of Training Programs in Anglophone Countries Abroad (Peter Zazzali)....Pages 175-190 Front Matter ....Pages 191-191 Pirated Pedagogy: Repurposing Brecht’s Performance Techniques for Revolutions in Teaching (Ann M. Shanahan)....Pages 193-208 Learning Theatre from Children (Jeanne Klein)....Pages 209-224 Generating Ethics and Social Justice in Applied Theatre Curricula (Sally Bailey, Paige Dickinson)....Pages 225-248 Front Matter ....Pages 249-249 Problem-Based Learning and Studio Instruction in Theatre Technology: A Case Study (Rich Dionne)....Pages 251-268 Teaching the “Intangibles”: Building Pedagogical Bridges Between Business, Entrepreneurship, and Theatre (Emily Rollie)....Pages 269-283 Cities as Studios: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Community-Engaged Theatre Through the CitySpeak Project (Thomas E. Conroy, Sam O’Connell, Adam Zahler)....Pages 285-299 Back Matter ....Pages 301-310