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Drama and Curriculum

A Giant at the Door

Authors:

  1. John O’Toole

    1. The University of Melbourne, Fitzroy North VIC 3068, Australia

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  2. Madonna Stinson

    1. National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637616, Singapore

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  3. Tiina Moore

    1. The University of Melbourne, Research VIC 3095, Australia

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  • The only one to provide a global view of the development of drama curriculum
  • The only text that links the fields of drama, curriculum, drama and language learning, and applied theatre
  • Teases out comprehensively and authoritatively the significant influences and constraints in the history of drama and schooling
  • Provides important case studies of 1) systemic curriculum development; 2) the enacted curriculum
  • Analyses thoroughly the internecine connections and resolves the key battles and conflicts within the field

Part of the book series: Landscapes: the Arts, Aesthetics, and Education (LAAE, volume 6)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVI
    PDF

  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
      PDF

    2. Introduction

      • John O’Toole
      Pages 1-7

  3. Background and Context

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
      PDF

    2. Strange Bedfellows: Drama and Education

      • J. O’Toole
      Pages 11-27

    3. Curriculum: The House that Jack Built

      • John O’Toole, Madonna Stinson
      Pages 29-45

  4. Theories and Practices

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47
      PDF

    2. Drama and Language

      • John O’Toole, Madonna Stinson
      Pages 49-69

    3. Drama for Development and Expression

      • John O’Toole
      Pages 71-95

    4. Drama as Pedagogy

      • John O’Toole
      Pages 97-116

    5. Civil Wars

      • John O’Toole
      Pages 117-125

    6. The Three Pillars of Art

      • John O’Toole
      Pages 127-143

  5. Drama in Action in Contemporary Curriculum

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145
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    2. Doorway Politics: Cracking an Education System

      • John O’Toole, Madonna Stinson
      Pages 147-167

    4. The History Centre: A Micro-Curriculum

      • Tiina Moore
      Pages 183-192

    5. Pasts, Present and Futures: Which Door Next?

      • John O’Toole, Madonna Stinson
      Pages 193-209
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About this book

‘Here’s a knocking indeed!’ says the Porter in Shakespeare’s Scottish play (Act II, Scene 3) and immediately puts himself into role in order to deal with the demands of such an early call after a late night of drinking and carousal: ‘If a man were porter of hell-gate...’. But what roles does the porter of curriculum-gate take on in order to deal with drama’s persistent demands for entry? Ah, that depends upon the temperature of the times. We, who have been knocking for what seems to be a very long time, know well that when evaluation and measurement criteriaare demanded as evidence of drama’s ef cacy, an examiner stands as gatekeeper. When the educational landscape is in danger of overcrowding, we meet a territorial governor. And how often has the courtesan turned out to be only a tease because the arts are, for a brief moment, in the spotlight for their abilities to foster out-of-the-box thinkers? In this text, we meet these ‘commissionaires’ and many more. The gatekeeping roles and what they represent are so familiar that they have become cliches ´ to us. We know them by their arguments, ripostes, dismissals, their brief encouragement and lack of follow-up. And we know that behind each one (however rmly they think they keep the keys) is a nancial and political master whose power controls the curriculum building and everything in it.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • The University of Melbourne, Fitzroy North VIC 3068, Australia

    John O’Toole

  • National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637616, Singapore

    Madonna Stinson

  • The University of Melbourne, Research VIC 3095, Australia

    Tiina Moore

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Drama and Curriculum

  • Book Subtitle: A Giant at the Door

  • Authors: John O’Toole, Madonna Stinson, Tiina Moore

  • Series Title: Landscapes: the Arts, Aesthetics, and Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9370-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-9369-2Published: 26 March 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-8113-1Published: 28 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-9370-8Published: 17 March 2009

  • Series ISSN: 1573-4528

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-0069

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 222

  • Topics: Creativity and Arts Education, Curriculum Studies

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