Education Philosophy & Social Aspects
How Theatre Educates
Convergences and Counterpoints with Artists, Scholars, and Advocates
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Initial publish date
- Dec 2003
- Category
- Philosophy & Social Aspects, General, Arts & Humanities
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780802085566
- Publish Date
- Jun 2003
- List Price
- $46.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780802087508
- Publish Date
- Jun 2003
- List Price
- $74.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781442658356
- Publish Date
- Dec 2003
- List Price
- $41.95
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Description
Canada boasts a remarkable number of talented theatre artists, scholars, and educators. How Theatre Educates brings together essays and other contributions from members of these diverse communities to advocate for a broader and more inclusive understanding of theatre as an educative force.
Organized to reflect the variety of contexts in which professionals are making, researching, and teaching drama, this anthology presents a wide range of articles, essays, reminiscences, songs, poems, plays, and interviews to elucidate the relationship between theatre practice and pedagogy, and to highlight the overriding theme: namely, that keeping 'education' – with its curriculum components of dramatic literature and theatre studies in formal school settings – separate from 'theatre' outside of the classroom, greatly diminishes both enterprises.
In this volume, award-winning playwrights, directors, actors, and scholars reflect on the many ways in which those working in theatre studios, school classrooms, and on stages throughout the country are engaged in teaching and learning processes that are particular to the arts and especially genres of theatre. Situating theatre practitioners as actors in a larger socio-cultural enterprise, How Theatre Educates is a fascinating and lively inquiry into pedagogy and practice that will be relevant to teachers and students of drama, educators, artists working in theatre, and the theatre-going public.
Contributors
- Maja Ardal
- David Booth
- Patricia Cano
- Diane Flacks
- Kathleen Gallagher
- John Gilbert
- Sky Gilbert
- Jim Giles
- Linda Griffiths
- Tomson Highway
- Janice Hladki
- Cornelia Hoogland
- Ann-Marie MacDonald
- Lori McDougall
- John Murrell
- Domenico Pietropaolo
- Walter Pitman
- Richard Rose
- Jason Sherman
- Lynn Slotkin
- Larry Swartz
- Judith Thompson
- Guillermo Verdecchia
- Belarie Zatzman
About the authors
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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David Booth was Professor Emeritus at OISE–University of Toronto, where he trained teachers to use innovative ways to promote literacy among children for more than 30 years. A prolific author and popular international speaker, David delighted thousands with his energy, enthusiasm, and commitment. Although David passed away in 2018, his dedication to literacy, and his superb body of work in the field, form a lasting legacy in Canadian education.
