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Drama at Key Stages 1 and 2
Drama at Key Stages 1 and 2
Professor Teresa Cremin
Professor of Education (Literacy)
Open University
Canterbury Christ Church University
Contents
Introduction
The Diversity of Drama Practice
Introduction
Personal experience and perceptions
School observations
A continuum of drama practice
The national curriculum
Improvisational process drama
Planning for Role Play Areas
Introduction
Generating and categorising possible places
Identifying the people
Ideas for teacher in role
Improvising predicaments
A planning frame
Resourcing Drama from Literature
Introduction
Exploring a story through drama
The planning and teaching process
Planning drama from fiction
Planning drama and literature across the curriculum
Watching drama examples from across the curriculum
Drama and Writing
Introduction
Engaging in drama and writing
Discussing set readings
Connecting conventions to text types
Looking at Learning in Drama
Introduction
Key areas of learning
Focusing on the imagination
Related reading
Resources and Reading
References and further reading
Links with other areas of the ITE English website
Professional Standards for QTS