Reviews the goals of drama/theater education set forth by the National Theatre Education Project. Provides an overview of the knowledge and skills teachers need to teach theater and drama in elementary and secondary schools. (MM)

Discusses the movement to provide a position for drama within the curriculum, opposition to the movement, and recent works which highlight the potential for drama in the language arts. Points out that drama teaches students to negotiate and create meaning. (ARH)

To encourage the advancement of the arts in education, the article describes a form of interactive television that focuses on the use of creative drama techniques by the classroom teacher. (JD)

Describes the Taffs Pit simulation game, which sets up a meeting between acting and production staff within an invented soap opera program with students role playing and critically observing, and then links to general themes of communication analysis. The simulation's design, role playing, and criticisms of the game are discussed. (MBR)

A faculty member's suggestions for maximizing the educational value and pleasure of field trips to the theater are presented, based on his experience teaching a required reading and writing course in an adult education program. (MSE)

The television serial, "Holocaust," is contrasted with two Belgian television documentaries about World War II in their structures and usefulness as educational devices. The Belgian films had greater value for political education than "Holocaust," which had the unfortunate effect of encouraging viewers to blame the victims for…

Describes how a teacher with little background in science helped her students write puppet plays as part of their learning about the science of rainbows. (FL)

A director recounts his thoughts about choosing a difficult play and describes how well the students finally cooperated. (CRH)

Discusses the significance of dramatic form in fostering children's cognitive and affective development. Examines the work of John Dewey, Susanne Langer, Nelson Goodman, Gavin Bolton, and Robert Witkin. (PD)

Discovers the lack of attention given to plays for young adults in most published booklists, and follows with a list of recent works for junior and senior high readers. (CRH)

This article describes the use of drama as a technique for facilitating group discussion and understanding. The play "It's a Man's World" reverses the typical male and female roles in the business world to dramatize the sometimes discriminatory employment practices that women face in the business world today. (Author)

Argues that in Poland, the Soviet Union, and in much of eastern Europe, creators can utilize strategies and take advantage of various policies that make theatre a relatively free medium for political expression. And the public, starved for such expression, naturally turns to the theatre, frequently making it an important political institution.…

A study examined primary children's learning in science in the areas of health and the environment through the use of drama activities. Parallel classes of children followed a similar half-term program of classroom science activities with their class teachers. The research took place in an urban school of approximately 300 pupils of mixed ability…

This manual is designed to provide creative drama ideas and strategies to teachers of elementary school children with deafness. The purpose of creative drama is to provide opportunities for students to create, share, and explore their ideas. Students also learn to work together, in small and large groups, to portray scenes or stories. The manual…

The focus of this study was on the use of drama supplements to increase the reading fluency of first grade students in a suburban school. The subjects of this study were first grade students. They were between six and eight years old and attended a suburban school in Knoxville, Tennessee. The class contained eight girls and twelve boys. Students…