Theatre in the Secondary School Classroom: Methods and Strategies for the Beginning Teacher - Softcover

Patterson, Jim; McKenna-Crook, Donna; Swick, Melissa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0325008795 ISBN 13: 9780325008790

Publisher: Heinemann Drama, 2006

Synopsis

 

If you’re a preservice teacher planning to teach the theatre arts, an in-service secondary teacher considering a foray into teaching theatre, or a theatre professional considering the classroom, there’s a lot to learn. But you don’t have to know everything to teach well from the start, you just need Theatre in the Secondary School Classroom.

 

Theatre in the Secondary School Classroom is the trusty guide that every new theatre teacher will be grateful to have as a ready reference. It’s not an encyclopaedia on secondary theatre, but a collection of the musts that every beginning instructor needs to know. Theoretical, practical, and friendly, Theatre in the Secondary School Classroom introduces key instructional methods and successful strategies and works through the problems of practice that face all instructors, regardless of their experience. With discussions of finding appropriate spaces (both personal and physical), assessing students’ learning, encouraging involvement, and more, you’ll find the crucial information you need to hit the ground running.

About this title

About the Author:

Jim Patterson, the author of Stage Directing (Allyn & Bacon), spent three decades at the University of South Carolina, where he headed the MFA program in directing and taught its secondary theater-methods course. A Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Patterson has been recognized for his work by the South Carolina Speech Communication Association and the South Carolina Theatre Association, and was awarded the state's Order of the Silver Crescent.

President of the South Carolina Theatre Association Donna McKenna-Crook has taught for two decades at A. C. Flora High School in Columbia, South Carolina, where she is currently chair of the fine arts department. McKenna-Crook is a frequent workshop presenter.

Melissa Swick chairs the fine arts department at Heathwood Hall Episcopal School in Columbia, South Carolina. Swick has also taught theatre education at NYU and Winthrop University, published in Youth Theatre Journal, and presented at AATE and ATHE.

About this edition

• Publisher: Heinemann Drama
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0325008795
• ISBN 13: 9780325008790
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176