Transforming Teaching and Learning with Active and Dramatic Approaches Engaging Students Across the Curriculum

"This is a courageous book... It comes in truth from a topic the author knows well: the world of drama and dramatic pedagogy... Relish this volume." Shirley Brice Heath, Stanford University, USA, From the Foreword "This book is a 'must have' for teachers and teacher candidates alike. Brian Edmiston not only introduces you to drama strategies, he incorporates theory and drama research. He demonstrates, using photos, interviews, and drama techniques how you might co-author a classroom that is active, collaborative, authentic, and responsive to students' social and cultural needs." Kari-Lynn Winters, Brock University, Canada "Lively and engaging, this book will help teachers to change not just their classrooms, but the whole ethos of schools for the better, and in particular give a new reason for those millions of students whom the system is failing to come to school, enjoy their education, and find it valuable after all." John O'Toole, The University of Melbourne, Australia "Any teacher who...aspires to excellence will find practical advice, reassurance, and affirmation on every page of this wise and truthful book. The classrooms that are brought to life here are real places, not utopian locations of perfect pedagogy." Cecily O'Neill, International authority on process drama and the arts in education, UK & Ireland, From the Afterword