Discusses the author's life experiences that led her to synthesize a statement supporting Theatre in Our Schools Month. (RS)

Discusses how reader response techniques, by bringing students together into interpretive communities, encourage students' real interactions with literary texts, and foster greater awareness of audience. (SR)

Presents a conversation that ranges from discussion of the overt questioning of understanding, meaning, and the validity of the art situation to the conscious, recurrent renewal of "crisis" as a catalyst for the arts. (RS)

Describes how the Soviet Union's move from state to self-financing and self-management of theater companies and studios mandated by the 1986 theater reforms has fostered an explosion of new groups and experimentation, though not always with corresponding audience support. (PRA)

Assesses the effectiveness of two reality explanations on children's reactions to frightening programs. Shows that neither influenced younger children's emotional or cognitive reactions, whereas the special tricks explanation reduced older children's emotional responses with no impact on their interpretation. Shows that the real life explanation…

Discusses the benefits of producing theater for young audiences and some of the scripts available. Considers the value of theater for young audiences. Discusses where to look for scripts including several play anthologies. Presents a list of 13 publishers of plays for young audiences. (SC)

Challenges the prevailing view of publics as relative entities. Reviews the two primary schools of semiotics, Saussrean and Peircean, arguing for the utility of the latter. Concludes that a public can be best understood as an ongoing process of agreement upon an interpretation, and that the public may develop a more sophisticated, insightful…

Finds that students with the highest level of public speaking anxiety showed the largest improvement in perceived competence and perception of audience pleasantness. Discusses the speaker's perception of the audience as a key factor in public speaking anxiety. (SR)

Suggests that the "kinesthetic connection" is missing in today's speeches and presentations. Describes techniques for harnessing kinesthetic power and creating a sense of intimacy with the audience. (JOW)

Uses a dialogue between two aspects of the same person (playwright/director) to answer the question posed in the title. States that initial productions of a new play are important for rewriting and reshaping the material and that performance confirms what is healthy and alive about the play. Concludes that the time for enjoying the performance…

States that training in legal writing is vital to a lawyer's education and is required by the successful practitioner. Suggests that learning to write as a lawyer is part of the process that creates lawyers. Argues that rhetoric is only effective for the audience and occasion it was written for. (PA)

Presents an analysis of image advertisement developed from Narrative Paradigm Theory. Suggests that the nature of postmodern culture makes image advertising an appropriate external communication strategy for generating stake holder loyalty. Suggests that Narrative Paradigm Theory can identify potential sources of audience conflict by illuminating…

Purpose: This study aimed to develop home care quality indicators (HCQIs) to be used by a variety of audiences including consumers, agencies, regulators, and policy makers to support evidence-based decision making related to the quality of home care services. Design and Methods: Data from 3,041 Canadian and 11,252 U.S. home care clients assessed…

This captivating form of Japanese storytelling excites young authors and illustrators into creating stories of their own. While I?ve presented from a wide variety of literary genres over the years, the favorite of my students has always been the kamishibai. Kamishibai are Japanese stories told in a picture card format. The story is presented with…

In this article, the author describes the ways in which a statistical consultant can help with projects. He gives advice on how to choose a statistical consultant and when to call a one. Sections in this article include: (1) Choosing a Consultant; (2) Clear Expectations; and (3) Desirable Qualities. The author directs that one should choose a…