Overview

Through thirteen essays, Teaching Theatre Today addresses the changing nature of educational theory, curricula, and teaching methods in theatre programs of colleges and universities of the United States and Great Britain.

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Author:   A. Fliotsos ,  Gail S. Medford
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780230619005

ISBN 10:   0230619002
Pages:   283
Publication Date:   13 January 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface; P.P.Gillespie Introduction; G.Stewart Medford  & A.L.Fliotsos Changing Views of Knowledge and the Struggle for Undergraduate Theatre Curriculum, 1900-1980; A.Berkeley On Teaching Theatre History; O.G.Brockett The Teaching of Acting in American Colleges and Universities, 1920-1960; P.P.Gillespie  & K.M.Cameron The Pedagogy of Directing, 1920-1990: Seventy Years of Teaching the Unteachable; A.L.Fliotsos Playwrighting: A Pedagogy of Transmutation; M.Wright Acting and Movement Training as a Pedagogy of the Body; N.Stucky & J.Tomell-Presto The Teaching of Introduction to Theatre in American Universities and Colleges; L.Greeley Teaching Design in a World Without Design; B.Salzer Technology and Theatre Pedagogy; M.M.O'Hara Educational Theatre in Historically Black Colleges and Universities as Critical Pedagogy Sites; G.Stewart Medford Teaching African-American Theatre History; J.L.Jones Teaching Theatre in British Higher Education Today; R.Brannen Preparing Future Teachers of Theatre in Higher Education; M.A.Pagen

Reviews

""As performance studies continues to widen theatre curricula, this significant anthology offers faculty a means of integrating 'new' theories into 'old' practices...As the editors intend, I hope this long-overdue book will stimulate the necessary conversations not only about new pedagogical theories and methods, but also about reconfigurations of live theatre itself for the twenty-first century."" - Jeanne Klein, Theatre Topics

As performance studies continues to widen theatre curricula, this significant anthology offers faculty a means of integrating 'new' theories into 'old' practices...As the editors intend, I hope this long-overdue book will stimulate the necessary conversations not only about new pedagogical theories and methods, but also about reconfigurations of live theatre itself for the twenty-first century. --Jeanne Klein, Theatre Topics

Author Information

ANNE L. FLIOTSOS is Assistant Professor of Theatre at Purdue University, USA GAIL S. MEDFORD is Professor of Theatre at Bowie State University, USA

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