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Perfectly suited for the undergraduate theatre classroom, this holistic guide includes chapter exercises for students to practice the skills as they learn. https://lnkd.in/e7QhyHHm

Is drama at the bottom of the subject hierarchy in your school? Yes it’s a familiar story to most of us. Drama mocked, scoffed at, called a ‘mickey mouse’ subject, not a ‘proper’ subject. The snobbery is alive and well. SMT teams putting up with it rather than endorsing it, pushing it as a stress-buster, a club, happy to market the shows but actively steering young people away from A level study. English co-opting Shakespeare (who was an actor). Arts careers de-legitimised. Arts teachers kept out of leadership posts. Drama as preserve of the wealthy - a nice to have. A toy. A bit of froth. Thing is - directing, play-writing, acting requires not only a deep sensitivity to language, but proper intellectual rigour and precision. It’s not about those ‘soft skills’ (a term I personally dislike). Not only are these people far intellectually superior than any I know - Cate Blanchette, Sam Mendes, Jez Butterworth, Arthur Miller, Harold Pinter, Caryl Churchill, Wole Soyinka, Sam Holcroft, Jessica Swale, but they are, or were, makers of theatre; nobel laureates, storytellers. When AI takes its foothold schools had better catch up - a bot will be taking care of the equations and formulae - but the bot will struggle to communicate the nuance, depth and humanity in the great plays, productions and performances. The arts might just save us. #drama #teaching #dramateacher #schools #learning

Theatre in education empowers students by shifting responsibility and authority. It disrupts the traditional teacher-student dynamic, creating a more open and authentic exchange of ideas. Through artificial structures, theatre paradoxically fosters real-world connections and learning. As educators, we can use student led theatre experiences to animate students, transforming them from passive recipients to active, empowered learners taking ownership of their education. (with Will Bastow, former theatre student, former Arts Captain SMACS, WAAPA Theatre Graduate, actor)

This is why theater education is important.

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Today on my blog in celebration of ONE MONTH until the release of "Why Theatre Education Matters": a brief discussion of the 4 kinds of activities that organize space, time, and student attention, found across 40 acting classes around the United States. Preparation, Generation, Interpretation and Reflection activities give students routine, allow for the practice of a wide variety of psychosocial skills, and set up a safe space to explore emotions, embodiment, and creative collaboration. https://lnkd.in/gRuDB6_A

Uncover the transformative power of theatre in education with the latest article! Dive into how drama can reshape learning environments and ignite creativity. 🌟 Read now to see how theatre is making a difference in constructivist learning! Link: https://lnkd.in/d3JyUHCE  #TheatreInEducation #ConstructivistLearning #ReadMore

If we consider the range of human emotions expressible in a human life. Who expresses themselves the most comprehensively and feels the very most? Surely by now we can collectively agree that women feel more and are more sensitive? Science tells us that their olfactory receptors are more active so they certainly taste and smell more. If you talk to the women in your life, you'll immediately recognise the fact that women feel a great deal more than it even seems we as men have the capacity to. This is how I feel and why I always and forever will seek the valuable counsel of women when faced with life's challenges. And with my own emotional oversights and biases. My emotions simply aren't as refined as my female friends and that's OK. It's good for a leader to know, acknowledge, and learn and earn based on the knowledge of. To put it crudely in this Linkedin sphere. And yet. Of all women, who expresses themselves and the human soul more eloquently than a woman on the stage of a theatre? This is the question. Female playwrights, actors, dancers, bards and singers, songwriters, poets, orators, and all manner of performance artists... They simply have no competition. Not that art is a competition. No teamwork ever is. What I do mean to say is this. If men can confidently say they'd rather learn from whoever was best at something? I'd be learning a lot of my emotional regulation and self-expression from women. And if you want to understand where the English language came from? And what it's worth that British actors have the very most exquisite theatrical traditions? Through all time and evidenced in the legacy of Shakespeare? A society doesn't simply produce a Shakespeare. It takes a village to raise a so and so. But it takes..... many thousands of years to raise and train, and nurture, and educate, and facilitate, and collaborate with, and allow - a single Shakespeare. How he didn't burn down Europe or get shot? I'll never know. But we can learn from it all. And we must. Elocution, articulation, poise, enunciation. How to intone and command your meaning. HOW TO USE YOUR DIAPHRAGM! How and why you should raise your voice only when you mean to and never ever ever when you don't. Or do you pick up your office phone and scream into it before dialing numbers? Confidence is the ultimate goal. Confidence expressing ourselves in all settings. Interviews, phone calls, meetings. But, this will help you at home too. With your spouse, your buddies, your gal pals, your guy friends. It will socialise you better than you ever have been. There is no coincidence that The Charisma Myth was written by a woman. And yet if you want to learn it for real? Hire as many lovely ladies from the theatre as you can. Sit down with them all and help them help you. Work on training programs together. Collaborate on curriculums. Simplify the terms of what you do. So they can simplify their terms. And you can collaborate and succeed together. To be endlessly brilliant.

"Empowering educators with the power of theatre! We recently conducted a Theatre in Education (TIE) workshop for the teachers of Pinewood School, equipping them with innovative techniques to harness the potential of theatre in teaching and learning. Together, let's create a more engaging and interactive classroom experience! #TheatreInEducation #TeacherTraining #PinewoodSchool #TheatreForLearning #EducationInnovation #TeachingWithTheatre #LearningThroughDrama"

A Little Theatre can make a big impact.