Structure And Spontaneity

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Institute Of Education Press
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2006
Edition: First Edition

Description: 169 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Cecily ONeill has had a formative impact on the evolution of the creative and dynamic mode of teaching called process drama. Process drama characterizes work powered by transformatory outcomes that bring together the worlds of drama education and theatre practice. Dorothy Heathcote and Gavin Bolton were perceived as the pioneers of a new and radical form of educational praxis but it was ONeill who made that praxis accessible to educators worldwide. Her work on structuring classroom drama, her writings on pretext and process drama, her studies on the imagination, multicultural education, and dramatic form have been influential throughout North America, Europe and Australasia. This book is a compilation of the formative articles of ONeill along with significant commentaries from leaders in the field. It is informed by her work but it is not simply about her. The book explores central questions about designing, implementing and evaluating process drama: What is the critical knowledge in process drama How can educators structure satisfying learning experiences that promote spontaneous encounters And what are the theoretical principles in dramatic art that guide innovative teaching through process drama The answers to these questions make this book immensely valuable to drama practitioners and teacher trainers worldwide.

ISBN: 9781858563220