In the two decades since the publication of the second edition, Learning Through Theatre has further established itself as an indispensable resource for scholars, practitioners and educators interested in the complex interrelations between teaching and learning, the performing arts, and society at large. Theatre in Education (TIE) has consistently been at the cutting edge of the ever-growing field of Applied Theatre; this comprehensively revised new edition makes an international case for why, and how, it will continue to shape ways in which the participatory arts contribute to the learning of young people (and increasingly, adults) in the 21st century.
Drawing on the experiences and insights of theorists and practitioners from across the world, Learning Through Theatre shows how theatre can, and does, promote:
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participatory engagement;
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the use of innovative theatrical form;
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work with young people and adults in a range of educational settings; and
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social and personal change.
Now transatlantically edited by Anthony Jackson and Chris Vine, Learning Through Theatre offers exhilarating new reflections on the book’s original aim: to define, describe and debate the salient features, and wider political context, of one of the most important – and radical – developments in contemporary theatre.
List of Figures
Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I : Identifying Theatre in Education
Chapter 1 : Education or Theatre? The Development of TIE in Britain
Chapter 2 : The Imagination in Action : TIE and Its Relationship to Drama in Education Today
Chapter 3 : 'TIE and the Theatre of the Oppressed' Revisited
Part II : Ways of Working
Chapter 4 : Theatre as Education and a Response of Hope : Reflections on the Devising of Participatory Theatre
Chapter 5 : The Playwright in TIE
Chapter 6 : 'So are You Really a Theatre Company Then?' The Challenges of Acting in TIE
Chapter 7 : The Performer in TIE
Chapter 8 : Challenging Facilitation : Training Facilitators for Theatre for Dialogue Programmes
Chapter 9 : Regional Theatres as Learning Resources
Part III : Global Perspectives
Chapter 10 : Alternative Politics of Learning : The Legacy of TIE in Australia
Chapter 11 : Pandita Ramabai : The Making of a Participatory Theatre Programme Around a Character from Indian History
Chapter 12 : Senzeni Na (What have we done?) : Educational Theatre in Southern Africa
Chapter 13 : Walking the Tightrope : The Complex Demands of Funded Partnerships. The Creative Arts Team, New York City
Chapter 14 : Selective Snapshots of TIE Practice Across the Globe
Part IV : TIE in the Twenty-First Century : Issues and Challenges
Chapter 15 : TIE as a Catalyst for Civic Dialogue
Chapter 16 : TIE and Critical Pedagogy
Chapter 17 : TIE : The Pedagogic as the Aesthetic in a Crumbling World
Index
