Drama Teaching, Drama Tips, Features, Teaching Drama Online
Online drama lessons are still subject to the same high expectations of student behaviour and responsibility. Maintaining your normal routines before and during lessons will help to ground your teaching and your relationship with the students.
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Drama Teaching, Drama Tips, ELT, Features
Below are two podcast interviews with David Farmer. Spoken World Podcast with Salihah Agbaje traces David’s roots in Theatre in Education. Spoken World is the winner of the Quill Most Innovative Podcast 2021 award. Their topics range from mindfulness to...Read more
Books, Drama Teaching, 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
Books, Drama Teaching, ELT, Language Learning, Language Teaching
Recommended books on teaching and learning language through drama games and activities.
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Directing and Devising, Drama Teaching, Features
Recommended shortened versions of Shakespeare playscripts for children and young people to perform.
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Drama Teaching, 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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Drama Teaching, Features, Primary Drama
Drama is a close ally in the development of literacy, especially speaking and listening.
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Drama Teaching, Drama Tips, Features, Primary Drama
Classroom Management for Drama Lessons The challenge of managing the classroom during drama could be why some teachers are reluctant to teach the subject. Drama lessons are there to encourage free expression, so doesn’t this just lead to noise, over-excitement...Read more
Drama Teaching, Features, Primary Drama
Drama can provide children with a meaningful purpose for writing. (Extract from ‘Learning Through Drama in the Primary Years’).
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Directing and Devising, Drama Teaching, Drama Tips
A playlist of music for drama workshops, rehearsal or performance, including warm-ups, movement pieces and atmospherics.
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