Skip to main content
Palgrave Macmillan

New Directions in Teaching Theatre Arts

  • Book
  • © 2018

Overview

  • Tracks ?recent developments in undergraduate teaching of theatre arts
  • Offers a firm, practice-based approach that reflects research and case studies
  • Features contributions from authors based in Australia, New Zealand, the US and the UK

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

eBook USD 119.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 159.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 159.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Teaching in Response to Educational Trends

  2. Teaching New Directions in Performance

  3. Teaching Beyond the Traditional

  4. Teaching Collaboratively or Across Disciplines

Keywords

About this book

This book reflects the changes in technology and educational trends (cross-disciplinary learning, entrepreneurship, first-year learning programs, critical writing requirements, course assessment, among others) that have pushed theatre educators to innovate, question, and experiment with new teaching strategies. The text focuses upon a firm practice-based approach that also reflects research in the field, offering innovative and proven methods that theatre educators may use to actively engage students and encourage student success. The sixteen essays in this volume are divided into five sections: Teaching with Digital Technology, Teaching in Response to Educational Trends, Teaching New Directions in Performance, Teaching Beyond the Traditional, and Teaching Collaboratively or Across Disciplines. Study of this book will provoke readers to question both teaching methods and curricula as they consider the ever-shifting arts landscape and the potential careers for theatre graduates.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Theatre, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

    Anne Fliotsos

  • Department of Fine and Performing Arts, Bowie State University, Bowie, MD, USA

    Gail S. Medford

About the editors

Anne Fliotsos is Professor of Theatre at Purdue University, USA. Her books include Teaching Theatre Today: Pedagogical Views of Theatre in Higher Education, American Women Stage Directors of the Twentieth Century, International Women Stage Directors, and Interpreting the Play Script: Contemplation and Analysis


Gail S. Medford is Professor and Chair of the Department of Fine and Performing Arts at Bowie State University, USA. In addition to scholarly papers and publications, she is co-editor of Teaching Theatre Today: Pedagogical Views of Theatre in Higher Education.

Bibliographic Information

Publish with us