Drama Research Volume 2 - NATIONAL DRAMA

Drama Research Volume 2

April 2011

Editorial

Volume 2 Editorial

This issue is dedicated to Dorothy Heathcote who has been honoured by the Queen with an MBE (Member of the British Empire) in recognition of her services to Drama as Education. Those of us who practise in the field of drama education stand on the shoulders of giants. She is one of them.

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Volume 2 Editorial

This issue is dedicated to Dorothy Heathcote who has been honoured by the Queen with an MBE (Member of the British Empire) in recognition of her services to Drama as Education. Those of us who practise in the field of drama education stand on the shoulders of giants. She is one of them.

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Articles

Bringing Shakespeare to life in the Primary School: A Play in a Day

For the last four years Hilary Lee-Corbin has initiated and conducted a research project aimed at introducing Shakespeare to primary children in an accessible and active manner. The initial idea was that by doing this children would be able to approach Shakespeare more easily when they come to study his works in the secondary school. Children’s attitudes towards Shakespeare have been explored in this study using Personal Construct Psychology and Repertory Grids, Stimulated Recall and Semi-structured Interviews.

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Bringing Shakespeare to life in the Primary School: A Play in a Day

For the last four years Hilary Lee-Corbin has initiated and conducted a research project aimed at introducing Shakespeare to primary children in an accessible and active manner. The initial idea was that by doing this children would be able to approach Shakespeare more easily when they come to study his works in the secondary school. Children’s attitudes towards Shakespeare have been explored in this study using Personal Construct Psychology and Repertory Grids, Stimulated Recall and Semi-structured Interviews.

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MA Emergent Researcher

Book Reviews

Applied Theatre: International Case Studies and Challenges for Practice

This book advances the current debate between Applied Drama and Applied Theatre and is likely to become an important contribution. As reviewer Brian Heap observes:’One great advantage to a book like this, of course, is that it provides ready access to a range of key articles from what might otherwise be, for the individual student or researcher at least, prohibitively expensive journals. In addition, the fact that they are thematically arranged helps the reader to focus on his/her immediate interest.
By Monica Prendergast and Juliana Saxton (editors)

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Performing Research: Tensions, triumphs and trade-offs of ethnodrama

This thoughtful and intelligent volume is a timely analysis of the burgeoning field of ethnodrama, anchored in six case studies. The co-authors guide the reader through the dominant questions and paradoxes of the sub-discipline while wisely dwelling little on the relative merits of any particular label. The title for the book is well chosen since the performance of research is the concept that forms the common denominator for all the myriad off-shoots to which academics and practitioners swear allegiance.
By Judith Ackroyd and John O’Toole

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Applied Theatre: International Case Studies and Challenges for Practice

This book advances the current debate between Applied Drama and Applied Theatre and is likely to become an important contribution. As reviewer Brian Heap observes:’One great advantage to a book like this, of course, is that it provides ready access to a range of key articles from what might otherwise be, for the individual student or researcher at least, prohibitively expensive journals. In addition, the fact that they are thematically arranged helps the reader to focus on his/her immediate interest.
By Monica Prendergast and Juliana Saxton (editors)

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Performing Research: Tensions, triumphs and trade-offs of ethnodrama

This thoughtful and intelligent volume is a timely analysis of the burgeoning field of ethnodrama, anchored in six case studies. The co-authors guide the reader through the dominant questions and paradoxes of the sub-discipline while wisely dwelling little on the relative merits of any particular label. The title for the book is well chosen since the performance of research is the concept that forms the common denominator for all the myriad off-shoots to which academics and practitioners swear allegiance.
By Judith Ackroyd and John O’Toole

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Editorial Board

Notes on Authors

Volume 2 Notes on Authors

Alicja Galaska works in the Faculty of Education and Psychology at the University of Silesia in Katowice and is also a director of Educational Center “Future” .

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Volume 2 Notes on Authors

Alicja Galaska works in the Faculty of Education and Psychology at the University of Silesia in Katowice and is also a director of Educational Center “Future” .

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