Suggests that elementary school students could benefit from Readers Theatre, a dramatic procedure in which the roles are read by individual performers without conventional staging. Readers Theatre is more formal than activities such as group reading or library playreading as students practice and interpret roles. Positive educational outcomes are…

Describes the inception and development of the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts Mime Troupe. Points out that the unique position of New Orleans as a nontheatre city supporting a professional training program within the high schools is related to both indigenous theatre roots within the community and the need for more personal performance…

When the "mantle of the expert" system of teaching is used in drama, the teacher assumes a fictional role which places the student in the position of being the expert. In this project, students were historians/anthropologists charged with the responsibility of creating a Bronze Age community. (MT)

Because of the close interrelationship among language, thinking, and the contexts in which learning takes place, many children experience difficulties when they enter school. This article discusses ways in which dramatic contexts can provide continuity between home and school by enabling children to take control of their thinking and language. (MT)

This article describes ways in which the dramatic context can provide children with a purpose for writing. When writing is integrated with drama, children can reflect on a problem by expressing their thoughts and feelings in different forms ranging from the personal and private to the more formal and public. (MT)

Traditionally, classroom drama is a safe literary activity that involves students in reading or writing scripts. The newer methods that have the students out of their seats improvising drama require training that few teachers have had. Current teacher training methods are described, and alternative methods are suggested. (MT)

Creative dramatics for hearing impaired students can lead to enhanced conceptualization skills, improved self-concept, and opportunities for self-expression. Suggestions are offered for creative dramatics activities with elementary and secondary school students. Ideas are also provided about ways to communicate the essential information to the…

Advances a definition that distinguishes ritual from other kinds of formal expression. Demonstrates the creative potential of ritual through an analysis of ritual structure as illustrated by practical drama lessons. (PD)

This study explores early childhood teacher practices regarding the use of dramatic play in Kindergarten to Year 2 (K-2) classrooms. Four early childhood teachers working in Kindergarten participated in the study. Two of these teachers rarely used dramatic play. They were interviewed to explore their perceptions of the importance of dramatic play,…

Discussion of Brecht's aesthetic principles, particularly "Verfremdung" (the device of renewal and estrangement), including the opinions of the Berliner Ensemble concerning to what degree they have retained Brecht's principles in productions of his plays. (DD)

A description of locations that the National Capital Parks Service has redone and provided with live reenactments of the events that made them important in history. (JA)

The Northern Suburban Special Recreation Association provides recreational activities of all kinds for the handicapped. (JA)

The basic arrangement of this review is by country, with entries for Great Britain and the United States sub-divided into periods. (RN)

The author describes what skills he used and how he applied them in teaching Language Arts. (MF)