1st Edition

Dorothy Heathcote on Education and Drama Essential writings

Edited By Cecily O'Neill Copyright 2015
178 Pages
by Routledge

178 Pages
by Routledge

178 Pages
by Routledge

Dorothy Heathcote MBE was a unique educator whose practice had a vital influence on the international development of Drama in Education. For more than half a century she inspired generations of teachers and educators all over the world by her original and authentic approach to teaching and learning. This new collection of the essential writings of Dorothy Heathcote traces the development of... Read more
Section One - Teachers and Teaching  Excellence in Teaching, Subject or System, Creativity  Section Two – Drama in Practice Introduction, Notes on Drama, Drama and learning, Productive Tensions, Chamber Theatre
Approaching Hamlet, Signs and Portents, Notes on Signs and Portents, Meeting Dr. Lister, Conventions in Mantle of the Expert, The Authentic Teacher and the Future,  Section Three - Mantle of the Expert Introduction
Mantle of the Expert - Key Elements, Contexts for Active learning, Using Stories in Mantle of the Expert, Encounters with Power Givers and Power Takers

Biography

Cecily O’Neill is an internationally acknowledged authority on drama in education. Her previous publications include Drama Worlds: A Framework for Process Drama, Words into Worlds: Learning a Second Language through Process Drama, Drama Structures and Dorothy Heathcote: Collected Writings on Education and Drama with Liz Johnson. She is a visiting lecturer and examiner at a number of universities in the UK and the USA. She holds a PhD from the University of Exeter and an Honorary Fellowship from the University of Winchester.