Volume 3 Notes on Authors
Peter Bannister is Head of Drama at Backwell School, a large secondary comprehensive outside Bristol.
Volume 3 Editorial
In our last issue of Drama Research we celebrated the forthcoming award of an MBE to Dorothy Heathcote by dedicating the issue to that legendary drama practitioner. In the space of a year the context in which we find ourselves in this issue is much changed: Dorothy Heathcote did, indeed, receive her MBE award but passed away on 8th October 2011; and so in this issue we are in a position of bearing witness to her remarkable life. To do so we have created a new category for articles published here: that of Testimony.
Drama Research Volume 3
April 2012
A Drama About Drama: the transformation of ethnographic data into dramatic form
This paper reports on the development of an ethnographic performance (a play based on research data), which was written and performed as part of an educational ethnography.
Drama Movement Techniques and Formation of Self- Creative Competences of a Child at the Early School Age – Initial Approach
The paper describes the results of a pilot study conducted in Poland which was aimed at finding out the answer to the following research question: Does the kinaesthetic interpretation of the text influence the level of self-creative potential and the process of self-reflection? If so, how does it happen?
Does an active approach to the teaching of Hamlet in urbans schools facilitate literacy learning and social learning?
I researched whether a ‘thick’ curriculum (Geertz 1993) could make Shakespeare accessible and relevant to all pupils, improve literacy and foster social learning.
How to make them fly? – Development frameworks for drama
This article will describe the role that human development plays in drama activities. It is based on studies that were carried out in several Polish cities as part of a PhD thesis held at Warsaw University (Witerska 2010).
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)
Daisy’s diary: issues surrounding teaching history through drama
This article discusses the relationship between drama as a means of both exploring and conveying history.
Transforming passive Indian classrooms to creative spaces through creative drama
The process of schooling plays a significant role in shaping the lives of children in the contemporary society.