In this article, the author recalls the life of playwright, artist, and educator Sterling Houston. Sterling was a teaching artist in a much more global sense. He taught everyone who encountered him how to connect across difference--across race, class, ideology, age, gender, and sexual orientation. He had a talent for gently pushing aside the fears…

This paper, based on the author's presidential address to the History of Education Society in November 2006, explores aspects of continuity and change over the past 40 years with particular reference to educational reform and the development of the History of Education Society itself. It assesses the significance of the work of the playwright Alan…

Describes a workshop approach to plays (especially Shakespearean) that included the academic study of the text, a theatrical presentation, and an exploratory workshop. (HOD)

Describes an arts and drama program in New Jersey which celebrates and explores cultural diversity. Outlines the seven-week workshop series (beginning with a dramatization of the Tower of Babel myth) that introduces art, music, and traditional stories of various cultures. Concludes with a festival where children dramatize stories they have…

Souldrama[R] is a therapeutic, psychospiritual group action model that leads participants through seven sequential stages of spiritual development with the goal of accessing their spiritual intelligence. It can help group members move past resistance and recognize and move on to their higher purpose. Psychodramatically based, it is intended to be…

This paper examines and reports on beginning generalist teacher self-efficacy, which Bandura (1997) suggests plays an important part in student outcomes. In 2008, 201 beginning generalist teachers throughout the state of Queensland, Australia, participated in a study that aimed to provide a snapshot of current perceptions towards support in…

In a narrative inquiry, five educators who taught college in prison share stories about working in this non-traditional learning environment that is often dangerous and frustrating. From the tension between the prison's emphasis on social control and the educators' concern for democratic classrooms, three broad themes emerged: working in…

Describes some exploratory and discovery methods which capture interest, stimulate curiosity, and kindle enthusiasm of students as they approach Shakespeare and decide how it should be acted, interpreted, and staged. (SR)

A sixth-grade teacher describes ways in which drama enhances learning. He describes the process of play production for elementary students. An annotated bibliography of appropriate plays is included. (CL)

Reports on 16 productions at the Sixth Annual National Showcase of Performing Arts for Young People, hosted by the Detroit Institute of Arts on March 15-17, 1984, with professional companies from the United States and Canada. (PD)

This book contains 25 story theater scripts appropriate for Grades 2 through 6. The scripts are designed to accommodate whole-classroom participation. The book also includes a description of the process for working with students to create a school Story Fest.

Presents six answers to commonly asked questions regarding royalties, and six explanations regarding other issues, such as changes and cuts, and substitution of material in plays. (PA)

Offers a comprehensive listing of play publishers and royalty houses. Includes addresses, phone numbers, and the specialties of the publishers or houses. (PA)

Highlights aspects of Freud's discussions on the "fort-da" game and the process of transference and countertransference in their connection to psychological aspects of dramatic activity. Concludes that from the pathological need to repeat can come therapeutic possibilities in the human tendency for people to restage and reobserve their…