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Book SynopsisMichael Anderson is Associate Professor, Associate Dean and Head of Drama Education at the University of Sydney, Australia. His recent publications explore how aesthetic education is changing in the 21st century. These publications include
Masterclass in Drama Education: transforming teaching and learning,
Teaching the Screen, Film Education for Generation Next (with Miranda Jefferson),
Drama with Digital Technology (with John Carroll and David Cameron, Continuum, 2009) and
Real Players: Drama, Education and Technology (with John Carroll and David Cameron Trentham, 2006).
Peter O'Connor is Associate Professor and the Director of the Critical Research Unit in Applied Theatre at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. His research interests centre on the application of drama pedagogy within wider social justice or public education actions. His most recent work includes the development of the Teaspoon of Light Theatre Company as a response to the
Trade ReviewThe practices discussed [are] radical and indeed vital for a South/African applied theatre research praxis. * South African Theatre Journal *
Table of ContentsList of Figures Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Part One 1. Critical Departures: research in a postnormal world - Peter O’Connor and Michael Anderson Part Two 2. Applied Theatre as Research Working with Looked After Children - Claire McNeil 3. Finding Maximus in fragments of playful intensity - Adrian Schoone 4. Pretending to research: young people at the centre of discovery - Jane Luton 5. Working Together: Collaborative journeys in cross-cultural research and performance - Linden Wilkinson 6. It’s a tricky business: performing poetry with the Ghost - Esther Fitzpatrick 7. Life Drama Applied Theatre in Papua New Guinea: “It may be performative, but is it performative research?” - Brad Haseman 8. Afterword - Peter O’Connor and Michael Anderson Endnotes Index
