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Author O'Toole, John, 1941- author

Title Pretending to learn : helping children learn through drama / John O'Toole, Julie Dunn
Published Frenchs Forest, N.S.W. : Longman/Pearson Education, [2002]
Frenchs Forest, N.S.W. : Pearson Australia, c2002
c2002
©2002

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Description xii, 177 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
regular print
Contents Section A. How to teach drama -- Part 1. The basics of drama teaching -- Part 2. Setting up your drama work -- Section B. Some dramas to teach: exemplars -- Exemplar 1. The giant who threw tantrums -- Exemplar 2. The lighthouse keeper's nephew -- Exemplar 3. The house of the dancing shadows -- Exemplar 4. Shadowmax and the market people -- Exemplar 5. The industrial revolution -- Exemplar 6. Because it's there: history's purchased page -- Exemplar 7. First fleet -- Exemplar 8. Burnt stick -- Section C. Part 1. Guide and glossary -- Part 2. Resource list
Summary Provides the reader with ownership, confidence and the skills to teach drama. Organised in 3 sections, this volume gives a rationale for drama and drama teaching in the primary classroom; gives eight exemplars of extended drama work; and provides a comprehensive guide and glossary to the techniques and terms used in the book
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Drama -- Study and teaching (Primary)
Drama in education -- Australia.
Drama -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Activity programs -- Australia.
Drama in education.
Drama -- Study and teaching.
Author Dunn, Julie, 1959-
LC no. 00002347
ISBN 0733999530 (paperback)