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Carolyn A. Chan; Donna M. Windish; Judy M. Spak; Nora Makansi – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2024
Medical improvisation (improv) applies theater principles and techniques to improve communication and teamwork with health professionals (HP). Improv curricula have increased over time, but little is known about best practices in curricula development, implementation, and assessment. We sought to complete a state-of-the-art review of medical…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Theater Arts, Health Personnel, Best Practices
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Lesser, Lawrence; An, Song; Tillman, Daniel – To Improve the Academy, 2016
Song has been used by faculty of many disciplines in their classrooms and, to a lesser extent, by educational developers in workshops. This paper shares and discusses a new song (about an instructor's evolving openness to alternatives to lecture-only teaching) and its novel use to open an educational development workshop. Self-reported participant…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Singing, Teacher Workshops, Participant Satisfaction
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Gruenhagen, Lisa M.; Whitcomb, Rachel – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2014
Despite historic and ongoing support for the inclusion of improvisation in the elementary general music curriculum, music educators consistently report challenges with implementation of improvisational activities in their classes. This study was designed to examine (a) the extent to which improvisational activities were occurring in the…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music Activities, Creative Activities, Questionnaires