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Teaching with Confidence in Higher Education: Applying Strategies from the Performing Arts book cover

1st Edition

Teaching with Confidence in Higher Education Applying Strategies from the Performing Arts

By Richard Bale Copyright 2020
196 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Presenting higher education teaching as a performative, creative, and improvisational activity, Teaching with Confidence in Higher Education explores how skills and techniques from the performing arts can be used to increase the confidence and enhance the performance of teachers. Guiding readers to reflect on their own teaching practices, this helpful and innovative book proposes practical... Read more

Chapter 1: Teaching and Performance. Chapter 2: Mirror, Mirror… Reflecting on and Reviewing your Teaching Performance. Chapter 3: Performance Anxiety and Stage Fright. Chapter 4: The Voice. Chapter 5: The Body. Chapter 6: Improvisation: Preparing for the Unprepared. Chapter 7: Performance, Active Learning, and Inclusivity. Concluding Remarks.

Biography

Richard Bale is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) and a Senior Teaching Fellow in Educational Development at the Centre for Higher Education Research and Scholarship, Imperial College London, UK.

This book provides a great primer on how to apply insights from the performing arts to the work of the higher ed classroom, including handy activities, pauses for reflection, and quotes from people with relevant expertise. Both enjoyable and full of insights I’ll carry into my classes next year.

Sarah Rose Cavanagh, Associate Professor, Assumption College

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