Education Experimental Methods
The Theatre of Urban
Youth and Schooling in Dangerous Times
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Initial publish date
- May 2007
- Category
- Experimental Methods
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780802092915
- Publish Date
- May 2007
- List Price
- $76.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781442691735
- Publish Date
- May 2007
- List Price
- $32.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780802094834
- Publish Date
- May 2007
- List Price
- $43.95
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Description
Because of its powerful socializing effects, the school has always been a site of cultural, political, and academic conflict. In an age where terms such as 'hard-to-teach,' and 'at-risk' beset our pedagogical discourses, where students have grown up in systems plagued by anti-immigrant, anti-welfare, 'zero-tolerance' rhetoric, how we frame and understand the dynamics of classrooms has serious ethical implications and powerful consequences.
Using theatre and drama education as a special window into school life in four urban secondary schools in Toronto and New York City, The Theatre of Urban examines the ways in which these schools reflect the cultural and political shifts in big city North American schooling policies, politics, and practices of the early twenty-first century.
The Theatre of Urban not only explores the very notion of performance in a novel and interesting way, it also provides new insights into the conflicts that often erupt in these highly charged school spaces.
About the author
Kathleen Gallagher is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a Distinguished Professor in the department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, cross-appointed to the Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Toronto.
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