Drama for Schools and Beyond : Transformative Learning Through the Arts

the common effort to make education more just and equitable for all.Drama for Schools and Beyond: Transformative Learning Through the Arts, tells the story of twenty years of research and practice grounded in the Drama for Schools (DFS) professional development learning model based at The University of Texas at Austin, USA. This book offers a critical look at the evolution of Drama for Schools through the learnings of its leaders and participants. It also gathers stories from partners across the globe who have adapted and built upon this model at their own sites. It is a primer for how to centre teacher and student inquiry and learning at the core of educational improvement. It is an invitation for teachers, administrators and researchers to address their own bias and power in relation to those they aim to support. Throughout, the authors show that by integrating the arts across education, new networks of possibility can be grown, to create a more just and equitable education for all. [Publisher's text]

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