Robert Tauber, Cathy Mester

Acting Lessons for Teachers

Using Performance Skills in the Classroom Second Edition

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Acting Lessons for Teachers presents a solid theoretical foundation for the pedagogical benefits of enthusiastic teaching. Simply put, students are more engaged, misbehave less, and learn better from teachers who teach enthusiastically. A teacher's enthusiasm for his or her subject matter can be contagious. Since the dynamic of the classroom is similar to that of the stage in terms of speaker-listener relationships, the acting craft offers teachers a model for the skills and strategies that could be incorporated in their work to convey more enthusiasm for the material and for the students. This book presents concrete descriptions of the specific acting strategies that would benefit the teacher: physical and vocal animation, teacher role-playing, strategic entrances and exits, humor, props, suspense and surprise, and creative use of space. Special attention is given to the potential advantage of instructional technology as a modern-day prop. Strategies are explained in terms of their importance and ease of incorporation into the classroom. Each is proposed as a skill that can be learned by any teachers who have the desire to enliven their teaching. Student descriptions of their own experience with teachers' use of acting strategies add real examples for each lesson. Finally, testimony of award-winning classroom teachers from a variety of disciplines and age levels provides evidence of the wide and easy applicability of these strategies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 531g
• ISBN-13: 9780275991920
• ISBN-10: 027599192X
• Artikelnr.: 21052496

Autorenporträt

ROBERT T. TAUBER is Professor Emeritus, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Penn State-Erie, The Behrend College. He has taught and counseled in K-12, and has taught at the university level for 35 years. While at Behrend College, he taught a variety of education courses, supervised students on field experience, and served as Dean's Representative for the College of Education. Since retiring from Penn State, Tauber continues to teach graduate courses as an Adjunct Professor at Gannon University, Erie, PA, and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. He is well published, both nationally and internationally, and has served two sabbaticals, one at Durham University (UK) and one at the University of Melbourne (Australia).

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Background Chapter 1 Teacher Enthusiasm: A Pedagogical Necessity
Chapter 2 Boosting Teacher Enthusiasm: A Crafterperson's Toolbox Chapter 3
Educational Foundations for Teachers as Actors Part 2 The Acting Lessons
Chapter 4 Animation in Body Chapter 5 Animation in Voice Chapter 6
Classroom Space Chapter 7 Humor Chapter 8 Role-Playing Chapter 9 Props
Chapter 10 Technology Props Chapter 11 Suspense and Surprise Chapter 12
Making a Dramatic Entrance and Exit Part 3 Epilogue Chapter 13 Behind the
Scenes, Loosening Up, and Preparing for That Step across the Classroom
Threshold Chapter 14 Classroom Management Chapter 15 Enthusiastic Teaching:
A Conversation with Friends Chapter 16 Conclusion Appendix 1 Education
Resources Information Center (ERIC) Appendix 2 Testimonials from
Award-Winner K-12 Teachers and College Professors References Subject and
Name Index