Interviewed 188 students about nine plays to develop an instrument for measuring audience response to plays. Then used the instrument, a category system, to examine the responses of fourth and tenth graders to two plays; found the instrument useful in describing different reactions to plays. (PD)

At the University of Florida, simulated experiences with disabled clients help bridge the gap between coursework and internships for recreation therapy students. Actors from the university's drama department act out the roles of handicapped persons, who are interviewed by therapy students. (PP)

Provides sources of information for (1) the rationale and theory for integrating the arts and reading instruction, (2) practical suggestions to combine reading and the arts, (3) the results of research that investigated the integration of reading with the arts. (FL)

Here's a simple, effective, school-based nutrition program from Oakham Center Elementary School, plus activities, a play, a quiz, a worksheet, and a resource list. (Editor/SJL)

The importance of talk in the drama classroom is described. Students view talk as either development of vocal skills or preexperience for various kinds of social situations. Teacher talk was dominant, however, and emerged in the form of verbal control through closed questions and instructions to students. (JN)

Examines the distribution of age roles in prime-time and weekend daytime (children's) network television drama. Analyzes the content of program samples and survey data on attitudes and opinions to determine how conceptions of social reality are affected by television viewing habits. (JMF)

Reports on the background and status of plans for implementation of language-centered international high schools proposed in the 1979 report of the President's Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies. Discusses the importance of including theater/drama in the curriculum. (PD)

Presents a method of teaching Restoration and eighteenth-century drama in which a context shaped by student characteristics and needs is built for the study of the plays and in which a single specific problem is addressed in each text to develop an understanding of the drama and the period. (DF)

Presents the text of an interview with Robert Brustein, Dean of the Yale School of Drama and Artistic Director of the Yale Repertory Theatre from 1966 until 1979. Discusses his work with experimental theater at Yale and the place of theater and drama in the university and society. (PD)

Mixing education with entertainment, the Asolo Touring Theater brings its repertory of plays and student and teacher workshops on theater arts to school audiences in the southeastern states. The article describes the types of productions (participation, traditional, and famous plays) presented for three audience levels from primary through…

Examines the indebtedness of the early American theater to French and German plays, discusses the social context to show why the German plays were more successful, and considers the relationships between the plays and the interests of their American audiences. (Editor)

Notes that "drama has been seen by many to be one of the best means of helping students to know themselves more fully," and discusses the place of drama in the schools, what drama does for people, drama as a literary genre, readers' theater, mime, role playing, simulation, creative dramatics and plays for an audience. (Author/JM)

To be safe havens for children, schools cannot address the intellect only. Brattleboro (Vermont) Union High School went beyond academics by sponsoring a performance of "The Yellow Dress," a powerful one-woman play about a teenage victim of dating violence. The production challenged participants to unite school and community, intellect…

Discusses an investigative study into the experiences of participants in a United Kingdom forum theater workshop that addresses issues about refugee children in school. Concludes the workshop portrayed common moral dilemmas that students found personally applicable and increased their understanding of moral issues involving refugee children and…

Argues for the use of multiple approaches to instruction as a way to encourage students to be active critics instead of passive recipients. Presents six classroom scenes in historical sequence that review both the mathematical story and the art of teaching. (DDR)