Education Professional Development
Drama Schemes, Themes & Dreams
How to plan, structure, and assess classroom events that engage all learners
- Publisher
- Pembroke Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Jul 2010
- Category
- Professional Development
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781551382531
- Publish Date
- Jul 2010
- List Price
- $53.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781551387918
- Publish Date
- May 2011
- List Price
- $25.95
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Description
Create meaningful and unique learning opportunities with this comprehensive outline of improvisation and interpretation strategies that are easily incorporated into classroom instruction. This practical and useful book offers a host of sources for dramatic activity that include scripts, monologues, poetry, novel excerpts, and technology. These activities will enrich the meaning-making, creative process, and critical skills that students need to succeed both in school, and in life.
About the authors
LARRY SWARTZ is an instructor in literacy as well as dramatic arts at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. He has been an educator for over thirty-six years and is well known for his use of childrenâ??s literature to help young people grow as readers, writers, and citizens of the world. As a classroom teacher, consultant, author, and speaker, Larry has shared his enthusiasm and expertise with teachers, administrators, teacher-librarians, and parents throughout Canada, the United States, and Asia. He is the author of several teacher resource publications.
Debbie Nyman is an instructor of the Dramatic Arts Additional Qualifications program at the Ontario Institute of Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. She was a classroom dramatic arts teacher and instructional leader with the Toronto District School Board for several years. Debbie has written documents and resources at the board and ministry levels and is the co-author of Drama Schemes, Themes and Dreams (Pembroke Publishers).
Librarian Reviews
Drama Schemes, Themes and Dreams: How to Plan, Structure, and Assess Classroom Events That Engage All Learners
This collection of resources explores universal themes through drama to help students make connections to themselves and others. Each chapter is organized around a framework that will engage students as they experience various dramatic activities. Sources are drawn from scripts, monologues, poetry, novel excerpts and visual images. A valuable resource for middle and high school teachers wishing to incorporate drama into the curriculum.Source: The Canadian Children’s Book Centre. Best Books for Kids & Teens. 2011.
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