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Keeping Control in the Drama Lesson

Drama Teaching, Drama Teaching Tips, Primary Drama

Learn how to lead productive drama sessions where all pupils happily learn to express themselves.

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Bullying – Exploring Issues Through Drama

Drama Teaching, Drama Teaching Tips, Primary Drama

Using drama to explore bullying issues, giving pupils the opportunity to try out anti-bullying strategies.

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Dorothy Heathcote – Pioneer of Educational Drama

Drama Teaching, Drama Teaching Tips, Features

The ethos of drama in education today owes an enormous debt to the inspiration of one woman – Dorothy Heathcote (MBE). She developed an empowering approach to educational drama that fired the imaginations of children and inspired the work of teachers.

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Non-Verbal Communication

Drama Teaching Tips, Language Teaching

Discussion and activities exploring the power of non-verbal communication

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Six Books on Drama for Language Teaching and Learning

Books, Drama Teaching, Drama Teaching Tips, ELT, Language Learning, Language Teaching

Recommended books on teaching and learning language through drama games and activities.

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My Favourite Drama Teaching Books

Books, Drama Teaching, Drama Teaching Tips, Features, Language Teaching, Primary, Secondary

These books are ideal for practical ideas to use right away. The first two cover secondary as well as primary and the others are for younger children. They are my favourite drama books at the moment! 100 Acting Exercises for 8-18 Year Olds by Samantha Marsden Samantha...Read more

Drama Across the Curriculum

Drama Teaching, Drama Teaching Tips, Features, Primary Drama

Drama strategies can be used as everyday teaching tools for a wide range of subjects. (Extract from ‘Learning Through Drama in the Primary Years’).

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Teaching Literacy Through Drama

Drama Teaching, Drama Teaching Tips, Features, Primary Drama

Drama is a close ally in the development of literacy, especially speaking and listening.

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The Power of Pause with Linda Lord

Courses, Drama Teaching, Drama Teaching Tips

The Power of Pause is a restorative workshop designed specifically for drama teachers and theatre professionals.

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A classic concentration and focus exercise, where the group tries to count to twenty.

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