School Improvement Through Drama: Creative Whole Class, A

Description:
This is a guide to teaching drama effectively at KS1-3, along with advice for how it can be used for teaching and learning across the entire curriculum. Patrice Baldwin gives an overview of the way drama links to learning, teaching and the curriculum. It will help those who need to connect with the rationale for drama in and across the curriculum and who need to plan for it and explain it to others in terms of its necessity and impact. The book offers guidance that will facilitate schools' work on self-evaluation, preparing for Ofsted, drawing up school development plans and drama policies. With exemplar lessons for each of the year groups across KS1-KS3, this is a highly practical book that has something to offer all who work in or with primary and secondary schools.

Table of Contents:
Introduction: What do we mean by school improvement and development?; What do we mean by drama?; PART 1; Chapter 1: How drama can make schools better for children; Chapter 2: How drama can make schools better for teachers (and other adults who support learning); Chapter 3: How drama creates and improves the whole curriculum; Chapter 4: How drama can contribute to whole school self; Chapter 5: How drama is viewed by Ofsted; Chapter 6: How drama can contribute to the School Improvement and Development Plan; Chapter 7: A policy for drama; PART 2; Exemplar lessons.

Author Biography:
Patrice Baldwin is LA Adviser for the Promotion of the Arts in Schools (Norfolk) and is well established as a consultant on drama for learning and creativity.