Drama, Narrative and Moral Education

by Joe Winston

Overview

Teachers are expected to take responsibility for children's moral development, particularly in the primary years, but how best to go about approaching the issues? In this book, the author explores a classroom approach that uses both drama and narrative stories to explore moral issues: drama gives children an opportunity to work through moral problems, make decisions and take up moral positions; stories offer a resource for moral education whereby children can learn through the 'experiences' of those in the story. Through providing a number of case studies, the author shows how this may be done by practitioners in the lassroom.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135709952
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/21/2005
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	764 KB

About the Author

Winston, Joe

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments, Introduction, Part 1 Theoretical Considerations, Part 2 Theory and Practice in the Classroom, Conclusion, Bibliography, Appendix 1, Appendix 2, Appendix 3, Index

Editorial Reviews

Winston (drama, U. Of Warwick) begins by outlining an argument in favor of using drama and traditional stories in the moral education of primary-aged children. He then argues for the moral exploration of fairy tales through participatory forms of education drama. After describing his ethnographic approach to field work, he concludes with three case studies of his work in staging dramas based on various literary versions of traditional tales from Indian, British, and Native American sources. Distributed by Taylor & Francis. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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