Outlines the author's history as an English teacher. Suggests that English teaching is not hermetic but profoundly influenced by educational trends outside the subject itself. Explains that the author's commitment to English combines a sense of engagement with a sense of liberation. (PM)

Student nurses presented an interactive play on sexual health promotion to 14- to 18-year olds, to whom they were close in age. The nursing students experienced great empathy with the secondary students and gained personal and professional skills. (SK)

Presents a variety of reading, writing, art, and discussion activities to keep students interested in studying "Romeo and Juliet." Describes using the film version of the play as a companion piece to unify the oral reading. (RS)

Discusses how drama can used in the teaching of English as a Foreign Language, describing a project at the International School of Helsinki that chose to dramatize William Golding's "Lord of the Flies." (Author/VWL)

Discusses the author's experience of creating and directing a community-based, oral history play. Reflects on the pedagogical significance of community-based theater. Proposes the students involved were transformed even as they strove to transform the community. Concludes that the give-and-take between radically reinventing cultural constructions…

Notes that New York University's Steinhardt School of Education offers a program in educational theater with noted practitioners in the field. Provides a narrative description of one process drama session conducted by Warwick Dobson with a group of ninth graders. Explains that this session focused on the novel "The Breadwinner," which is set in…

Discusses a learning module on Acadian history used in a French immersion setting that focuses on a theatrical arts approach. (Author/VWL)

Details a collaborative production of "West Side Story" with hearing actors from MacMurray College and deaf actors from the Illinois School for the Deaf. Explores some of the practical dilemmas encountered as the distinctions between the Deaf and hearing communities were negotiated. Explains that the show explored the ways in which sign language…

Details an investigation of the language of Suzuki instruction and the students' interpretation of that language. Describes the Alexander Technique and Suzuki training and provides specific examples illustrating the interaction of language and coordination in this context. Proposes that teachers of movement, voice and acting can benefit from these…

Proposes that teaching students to find and play appropriate actions helps them tell the story of a play and create character better than if they focused on emotions. Discusses Stella Adler and Uta Hagen, two acting teachers who advocated this physical approach. Presents two exercises: "justify and connect," and "enter a room." (PM)

According to D. W. Merrill's schema, 60 percent of teachers fall into the "director" and "amiable" personality trait categories. Studies have shown that a high percentage of students find such teachers' methods somewhat ineffective. Class activities, such as putting a play's central character on trial, accommodate various learning styles. (JD)

Describes how economists have typically used literary works and viewed their authors. Provides a selection of literary treatments of economic concepts, issues, and themes as resources for high school and university economics instructors. Comments on the scope and diversity of these materials. Includes a bibliography of literary works with…

Discusses the life and works of playwright Eugene O'Neill and provides a selected bibliography that records the major book trends of scholarship on O'Neill, including reference works, biographies, criticism and interpretation, anthologies of criticism, and collections of major libraries and archives. (LRW)

Discusses events that enhanced credibility of theater education including: the birth of the Alliance for Theater and Education; publication of "A Model Drama/Theater Curriculum"; inclusion of theater in the curriculum; change in emphasis in endowment programs; and publication of the National Endowment for the Arts "Toward…

Describes how performing Shel Silverstein's poems is an effective method to practice oral expression. Notes that although this activity was used in a fourth grade class, it could be adapted to any grade level. (MM)