The Teaching of Drama in the Primary School

by Brian George Woolland

Overview

The importance of drama in primary school has been elevated in recent years, with many teachers continuing to make it high priority in their teaching. They recognise that it can enrich children's understanding of the world and motivate and encourage them in other curriculum work.

This lively and readable book offers a blend of theory and practice based on the author's own considerable experience as a drama teacher. He provides numerous examples taken from work with children in schools, which will help teachers to prepare for drama sessions in the classroom. The book examines the role of drama as a subject in its own right as well as its role in delivering other aspects of the curriculum within primary education. It assumes no prior knowledge of teaching drama and will therefore be useful to trainee teachers and in-service teachers wanting to make use of drama in their daily teaching.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317895961
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/11/2014
Series:	The Effective Teacher
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	264
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Brian George Woolland

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Editor's Preface

Part 1: The Place of Drama in the Primary School1. Introduction

Part 2: Drama in Practice2. Starting out
3. Working methods
4. Organisation and development
5. Drama and the whole curriculum

Part 3: Early years6. Drama with children in Key Stage 1

Part 4: Performance and Production7. Developing ther work towards presentation
8. The Donkeyman's Daughter

Part 5: Planning and Assessment
9. Planning and assessment
10. Opening up and planning a topic-based drama project

Appendix: General Advice