| Description |
1 online resource (149 pages) |
| Contents |
1. Creative drama and music in instructional settings : Merging theory and practice ; Terminology and roles ; Getting started ; Preparing successful lessons ; Content and achievement standards ; Patterns of progression ; The importance of arts education ; Guidelines for success -- 2. Beginning activities : Ice-breakers ; Finger plays ; Nursery rhyme finger plays ; Noisy stories ; Replaying ; Sound awareness ; Familiar songs ; Sample lesson -- 3. Listening and seeing imaginatively : Introducing basic creative drama skills : Concentration ; Classroom management ; Quieting activities ; Heightening the imagination: abstract/concrete images ; Musical echoes ; Rhythmic dialogues ; Sound journals ; Sample lesson -- 4. Expressing creatively without words : Creative movement ; Pantomime ; Assisting the players: sidecoaching ; Recommended listening and movement repertory ; Sample lesson -- 5. Building blocks for creative choices : Creative choices in music: ensemble singing ; Ensemble playing in drama ; Circle games ; Choral reading ; Characterization ; Group story building ; Representative songs ; Sample lesson -- 6. Improvisation and story creation : Story creation ; Story creation from props ; Story creation from pictures ; Story creation from pictures activity: every picture tells a story ; Open-ended stories ; Improvisation and music ; Solo activities ; Ensemble activities ; Improvisations in creative drama ; Improvisation as story creation ; Role playing ; Sample lesson -- 7. Integrating creative choices : Story dramatization ; Accompaniment ; Composition ; A final word ; Some suggested stories to dramatize ; Sample lesson -- Appendices : A. Sample lesson ; B. Reflections for journal exploration ; C. Further resources ; Glossary |
| Summary |
The third edition of this popular text uses music and drama to promote learning across the curriculum and with all types of learners. Based on arts integration standards, differentiated instruction techniques, and current research, Creative Drama and Music Methods provides the theory along with applications to help teachers build confidence in using the arts in their daily lesson plans. This new edition includes an appendix with chapter-by-chapter ideas for pre-service teachers to use in reflection and journal entries |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Drama in education.
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Music in education.
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Improvisation (Acting)
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Movement (Acting)
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Children's theater.
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EDUCATION -- Elementary.
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Children's theater
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Drama in education
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Improvisation (Acting)
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Movement (Acting)
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Music in education
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Merrion, Margaret Dee.
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| ISBN |
9781442204638 |
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144220463X |
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