Drama at the Heart of English
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<p><em>Drama at the Heart of English</em> is unique in its exploration of drama’s potential to revitalise English as a secondary school subject. It focuses specifically on the value and inclusive nature of educational drama practices in the reading of literary dramatic and multimodal texts in the English classroom.</p><p>Examples from the authors’ research show English teachers working in the drama-in-English mode with real learners as part of their everyday classroom activity. Challenging current curriculum and assessment constraints the authors argue that drama-in-English pedagogy re-establishes English as a creative imaginative and interactive subject. This book:</p><ul> <li>offers a blend of theory and practice to demonstrate the powerful potential of drama-in-English</li> <li>proposes that drama is a uniquely sustainable form of learning in English when fully integrated into the daily work of classroom teachers</li> <li>highlights the intrinsic connection that exists between drama and the playful qualities of literary texts</li> <li>analyses landmark moments and key policy shifts that have shaped the development of the relationship between drama and English over time</li> </ul><p>This resource is for all educators interested in and passionate about the field of English and Language Arts. It is a must-read for the international academic community of researchers practitioners teacher-educators and teachers of English as well as student-teachers of English/Media/Drama.</p>
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