"What does it mean to be "an excellent teacher?" To Dorothy Heathcote, one of this century's most respected educational innovators, it means seeing one's pupils as they really are, shunning labels and stereotypes. It means taking risks: putting aside one's comfortable, doctrinaire role and participating fully in the learning process. Above all, it means pushing oneself and one's students to the outer limits of capability--often, with mir ..."
"Role-play has established itself as one of the most effective learning techniques in language, literature, history, geography and other curriculum subjects. It is also a crucial component of most management and human relationship training courses. This book demonstrates, through use of proven, practical strategies and techniques how role-play can be applied to all kinds of interactive contexts."
Drama for Learning(1st Edition) DorothyHeathcote's Mantle of the Expert Approach to Education (Dimensions of Drama) by DorothyHeathcote, Gavin M. Bolton, Cecily O'neill Paperback, 219 Pages, Published 1995 by Heinemann Drama ISBN-13: 978-0-435-08643-5, ISBN: 0-435-08643-X
"For years, Dorothy Heathcote's innovative "Mantle of the Expert" approach has benefited students and teachers all over the world. Mantle of the Expert starts with a problem or task, and, in role, teachers and students explore what knowledge they already have while making new discoveries along the way. Drama for Learning pushes the boundaries of learning, using drama to create an impetus for productive learning across the curriculum, fr ..."
"What does it mean to be "an excellent teacher?" To Dorothy Heathcote, one of this century's most respected educational innovators, it means seeing one's pupils as they really are, shunning labels and stereotypes. It means taking risks: putting aside one's comfortable, doctrinaire role and participating fully in the learning process. Above all, it means pushing oneself and one's students to the outer limits of capability--often, with mir ..."
"Teaching Young Playwrights is a book for all teachers of writing, regardless of their theatrical experience. This book is the result of Gerald Chapman's work with the Dramatists Guild New Playwrights Festival and workshops he and his colleagues conducted with children aged nine to eighteen."
"Covering the Curriculum with Stories includes six cross-curricular projects (with two more available on a supplementary CD) that will deliver outstanding individual learning experiences. They provide a fascinating and fun framework for delivering curriculum content and key skills. More importantly they give children the opportunity to identify and develop their learning styles, multiple intelligences and thinking skills. Various dramati ..."
Cracking the Da Vinci Code(1st Edition) The Unauthorized Guide to the Facts Behind the Fiction by Simon Cox Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2004 by Michael Omara ISBN-13: 978-1-84317-103-4, ISBN: 1-84317-103-1
"Dorothy Heathcote is the most public drama-teaching figure in the world. She has taught classes of children in five continents. The numbers must run into millions. In addition, innumerable teachers have watched her teach in person or on video and television. How did someone who left elementary school at 14 become a world authority? Heathcote has now asked Gavin Bolton, who has worked extensively - and co-authored several books with her ..."
"We're confident that this new edition of Betty Jane Wagner's seminal work will be welcomed by drama educators throughout the English-speaking world. Heathcote's work has been profoundly influential in that world. Until the publication in 1976 of Dorothy Heathcote: Drama as a Learning Medium, however, Heathcote's techniques - the pedagogy of drama - lacked full explanation. Wagner's book gives us just that: a close-up detailing of this g ..."
"With the current, fast-paced, major philosophical challenges to modern life and its institutional constructs, artists and teachers involved in the dramatic arts are faced with demands to create a lucid postmodern play of ideas and forms. This text presents a wide range of contemporary theories borrowed from cultural studies augmented with practical implications that support dramatic artists in their struggle to create possible multiple ..."
"It is also a crucial component of most management and human relationship training courses. This book demonstrates, through use of proven, practical strategies and techniques how role-play can be applied to all kinds of interactive contexts."
"Role-play has established itself as one of the most effective learning techniques in language, literature, history, geography and other curriculum subjects. It is also a crucial component of most management and human relationship training courses. This book demonstrates, through use of proven, practical strategies and techniques how role-play can be applied to all kinds of interactive contexts."
"Although there are several new books about alternate, authentic, or performance-based assessment, few focus on science assessment and provide practical information on developing, interpreting, and scoring these new alternatives to traditional tests. In addition, many school districts around the country are adopting hands-on science programs and are looking for guidance around assessment. Active Assessment for Active Science meets the n ..."
"Includes essays by Gavin Bolton, Chris Lawrence and Dorothy Heathcote which were presented at a joint conference entitled Education or Catastrophe, April 1992, and an essay by Jonothan Neelands presented at the National Drama Conference, ..."