{"product_id":"with-drama-in-mind-real-learning-in-imagined-worlds-9780826445889","title":"With Drama in Mind Real Learning in Imagined Worlds","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this new and updated edition, Patrice Baldwin brings together key findings from brain research and best practice to highlight the benefits that drama and imagined experience can have on learning, creativity, motivation and self-esteem, and explains why and how drama supports learning.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book offers sound advice on planning and managing drama across the curriculum from ages 5-14, and provides carefully annotated schemes of work complete with photocopiable resource sheets and online templates. Both experienced teachers of drama and non-specialists will appreciate the up-to-date research, new pedagogic examples, multisensory drama techniques and links to contemporary developments in education, such as play-based learning, learning outside the classroom and Philosophy for Children (P4C). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith Drama in Mind is an invaluable source of inspiration for revitalising your teaching and stimulating pupils'' imaginations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘This new edition contains significant new research and  thinking by one of the world's foremost thinkers and practitioners of drama  education. It is a must-buy book for anyone interested in drama education from  beginning teachers to experienced specialists. With Drama in Mind skilfully combines theory and practice in an  accessible and user-friendly language. I couldn't recommend it more highly.' Peter O'Connor, Associate Professor and  Director of the Critical Research Unit in Applied Theatre, University of  Auckland, New Zealand\u003cbr\u003e'What  Patrice Baldwin understands and communicates so well in With Drama in Mind is the  understanding that we are childlike in nature throughout life.  To engage in drama is to accelerate and sophisticate the  process by which human brains learn best through play-based learning systems  where tensions and conflicts unique to our species can be safely and  productively explored and conquered.  Bravo!' Xan S. Johnson,  PhD., Professor of Theatre and Child Drama Specialist, University of  Utah, USA\u003cbr\u003e‘A fascinating and  well-researched book which details the obvious but long-missed point that  experience influences brain development and learning. Through practical  teaching ideas Patrice Baldwin demonstrates why drama teaching is so essential  to the development of all children. Part guide and part pedagogy, this book  empowers teachers to choose appropriate drama techniques, listen to their  pupils and adapt approaches.' Kevin Piper, Education Consultant and Director  of Creative Education, UK\u003cbr\u003eThis updated version of \u003ci\u003eWith  Drama in Mind\u003c\/i\u003e brings together a wealth of material that will be of interest  to all those committed to high-quality educational experiences for young  people. It fuses the best of progressive practice from the '60s and '70s with the  most up-to-date evidence from the field of neuroscience.  It introduces  readers to emerging findings about links between cognitive development and the  arts that illustrate the fundamental importance of drama education for young  people. Offering an excellent blend of theory and practice this book is likely  to appeal to all those involved in education that seek ways to readily apply  new ideas in the classroom. Drama has always been a discipline that has broken  new ground in education and with this book Patrice Baldwin clearly continues  that tradition. -- David Parker, Director of Research, Impact and Learning, Creativity, Culture and Education, UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword by Jonothan Neelands \/ Introduction \/ How to use this book \/ Part One: Drama for Learning \/ 1. Drama in Schools \/ 2. Drama and the Brain \/ 3. Dramatic Play and Drama in Real, Imagined and Virtual Worlds \/ 4. Drama and Intelligence \/ 5. Drama and Thinking \/ 6. Drama, Creativity and Imagination \/ 7. Drama, Inter-Thinking and Talk \/ Part Two: Structuring the Drama Experience \/ The Drama Contract \/ Drama Strategies - Choosing and Using \/ Part Three: Drama Units \/ Unit 1 (ages 5-7) Mr Once Upon a Time \/ Unit 2 (ages 5-11) War and Peas \/ Unit 3 (ages 7-11) The Victorian Cotton Mill \/ Unit 4 (ages 10-13) Bullying \/ Unit 5 (ages 9-13) Creating an Imaginary Culture and Community \/ Unit 6 (ages 10-13) Chief Seattle's Speech (1854) \/ Unit 7 (ages 9-14) The City \/ Part Four: Photocopiable Resource Sheets \/ References and Further Reading \/ Index","brand":"Continuum Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768201970007,"sku":"9780826445889","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780826445889.jpg?v=1758716834","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/with-drama-in-mind-real-learning-in-imagined-worlds-9780826445889","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}