Acting Lessons for Teachers - Using Performance Skills in the Classroom (Hardcover, 2nd edition)

Acting Lessons for Teachers presents a solid theoretical foundation for the pedagogical benefits of enthusiastic teaching. Simply put, students are more engaged, misbehave less, and learn better from teachers who teach enthusiastically. A teacher's enthusiasm for his or her subject matter can be contagious. Since the dynamic of the classroom is similar to that of the stage in terms of speaker-listener relationships, the acting craft offers teachers a model for the skills and strategies that could be incorporated in their work to convey more enthusiasm for the material and for the students. This book presents concrete descriptions of the specific acting strategies that would benefit the teacher: physical and vocal animation, teacher role-playing, strategic entrances and exits, humor, props, suspense and surprise, and creative use of space. Special attention is given to the potential advantage of instructional technology as a modern-day prop. Strategies are explained in terms of their importance and ease of incorporation into the classroom. Each is proposed as a skill that can be learned by any teachers who have the desire to enliven their teaching. Student descriptions of their own experience with teachers' use of acting strategies add real examples for each lesson. Finally, testimony of award-winning classroom teachers from a variety of disciplines and age levels provides evidence of the wide and easy applicability of these strategies.

General

Imprint:	Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2006
First published:	November 2006
Authors:	Robert T. Tauber • Cathy S Mester
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	240
Edition:	2nd edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-275-99192-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Promotions
LSN:	0-275-99192-X
Barcode:	9780275991920

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