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Kathleen Gallagher uses the drama classroom as a window into the daily challenges of marginalized youth in Toronto, Boston, Taipei, and Lucknow.

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'Why Theatre Matters is written as a beautifully moderated conversation among the students and the teachers... This book reflects a researcher who pursues excellence and vulnerability together, inviting the field of theatre education to do the same.' -- Cortney McEniry Theatre Topics vol 26:03:2016

Table of Contents
Introduction Chapter One: The Complexity of People, Conversation, and Space as Data Chapter Two: The Social and Pedagogical Context for Engagement Chapter Three: The Multi-dimensionality of Engagement: Academic Achievement, Academic Enthusiasm, Voluntary Initiative and What the Numbers Tell Us Chapter Four: Social Performances: Students and Teachers Inhabit Their Roles Chapter Five: Life or Theatre? Chapter Six: Up Close and Personal: Unfinished Stories Appendix 1: Social Identity Categories Appendix 2: Tables References

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      Publisher University of Toronto Press
      Published 25 January 2014
      ISBN-13 9781442626942
      978-1442626942
      Also in:
      Films, cinema Theatre studies

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Kathleen Gallagher uses the drama classroom as a window into the daily challenges of marginalized youth in Toronto, Boston, Taipei, and Lucknow.

      Trade Review
      'Why Theatre Matters is written as a beautifully moderated conversation among the students and the teachers... This book reflects a researcher who pursues excellence and vulnerability together, inviting the field of theatre education to do the same.' -- Cortney McEniry Theatre Topics vol 26:03:2016

      Table of Contents
      Introduction Chapter One: The Complexity of People, Conversation, and Space as Data Chapter Two: The Social and Pedagogical Context for Engagement Chapter Three: The Multi-dimensionality of Engagement: Academic Achievement, Academic Enthusiasm, Voluntary Initiative and What the Numbers Tell Us Chapter Four: Social Performances: Students and Teachers Inhabit Their Roles Chapter Five: Life or Theatre? Chapter Six: Up Close and Personal: Unfinished Stories Appendix 1: Social Identity Categories Appendix 2: Tables References

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