To this day; Education and Dramatic Art remains the only fully worked critique of drama education in schools. Provocative and iconoclastic; this new edition brings the argument up-to-date and locates the authors proposals for a curriculum based on the making; performing and appraisal of dramas securely in the evolving culture of schools. The first section of the book traces the origins and fortunes of drama in schools in the context of changing political times and argues that by neglecting the customs and practices of the theatre; drama-in-education has often kept from the students it professes to empower; the very knowledge and understanding necessary for them to take command of their subject. Part two examines the developmental and pedagogic claims of drama-in-education. Theories of knowledge and meaning and assumptions about schools dramas power to establish a moral and social agenda; are all called to account. Finally; Education and Dramatic Art proposes a multiculturally-based; theoretical structure for the teaching of drama which pulls the theatre and the classroom together and offers teachers the foundation for a broad and balanced drama curriculum with its own distinctive body of knowledge and skills.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Islamic architecture encyclopediaBy William Garrison Jr."Dictionary of Islamic Architecture" by Andrew Petersen (1996; 1999); paperback; 342 pgs; illustrated; MANY b/w photos illus. but no color pix. MANY illustrations w/ text regarding all Muslim (and formerly occupied - i.e. Spain) countries cities of many different mosques (with floor plans). Sadly; very weak on explicit terminology of Arabic architecture-design words. I was hoping that there would be Arabic words for trowel; brick; flying buttress or column; etc. - but no. Perhaps this book is really too generic; it tries to discuss a little about Islamic architect in all Muslim countries; but it fails to go into much detail for most Asian countries. This book seems more to be an `encyclopedia rather than a `dictionary regarding Islamic Architecture. More for the Islamic architect historian than daily user. Wish it wasnt so pricey. [See also: "Reading the Islamic City: Discursive Practices and Legal Judgment" (Toposophia: Sustainability; Dwelling; Design) by "Akel Ismail Kahera"; Dec. 2011.]