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Drama: Secondary
Professor Jonothan Neelands
Chair of Drama and Theatre Education
Director of Graduate Studies
Institute of Education
University of Warwick
Contents
Introduction
Key Issues
National Curriculum requirements for drama within English
Other sources of guidance for drama within and beyond English
The KS3 drama objectives and expectations for pupil achievement in drama within English and drama as a discrete subject
Drama's position in the school
Key Resources 1 – A social theory of language to underpin drama
To be Literate
Texts and Contexts
A model of learning about language through drama
Dramatic deconstructions of text and context
Key Resources 2 – Drama and Writing
Drama related assumptions about writing fiction and non-fiction
Uses of writing in drama
Introducing the conventions and techniques for drama
Key Resources 3 – Using conventions (drama techniques) to structure and develop drama
Different varieties and uses of conventions
Practical introduction to conventions approach
Conventions approach to working with play texts
Key Resources 4 – Managing space, time and contracted learning
The particular characteristics of teaching and learning in drama
Management principles for drama
Contracting in drama
