1st Edition

Teaching Primary Drama

By Brian Woolland Copyright 2010
248 Pages
by Routledge

248 Pages
by Routledge

248 Pages
by Routledge

Assuming no prior knowledge or experience of drama teaching, Brian Woolland’s Teaching Primary Drama offers a comprehensive introduction to the teaching of drama in the primary school, and focuses on current initiatives in primary education including the primary literacy strategy. The text is an invaluable resource for any teacher wishing to adopt a creative approach to teaching in their... Read more

Introduction: ‘I don’t know what it is, but it’s tickly’

 

Part 1 Drama in practice

 

Chapter 1 Starting points

Chapter 2 Working methods

Chapter 3 Organisation and development

Chapter 4 Drama with children in the early years

 

Part 2 Drama in an integrated curriculum

 

Chapter 5 Drama in an integrated curriculum

 

Part 3 Planning and assessment

 

Chapter 6 Planning and assessment

 

Part 4 Extended examples

 

Chapter 7 Cinderella: Reception classess and Years 1-2

Chapter 8 The Tunnel: Years 2-3

Chapter 9 Children’s Games: Years 3-4

Chapter 10 Keeper of the Keys: Years 3-6

Chapter 11 Whale Island: Years 4-6

Chapter 12 The Deserter: Yeahs 4-6

Chapter 13 The Coming of the Railway: Years 5-6

 

Part 5 Resources

 

Chapter 14 Resources

Biography

Brian Woolland has worked as a teacher, an advisory teacher for drama, and as a lecturer in drama and theatre at the University of Reading, where he led B.Ed and PGCE courses in drama. He now works freelance as a writer, educator and theatre director. He has led numerous workshops with children and teachers on Educational Drama and Theatre over many years – in England, Ireland, Austria, Greece, Hungary and Australia.