| #2360812 in Books | 2014-09-25 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.02 x.79 x6.03l,.0 | File type: PDF | 320 pages||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Five Stars|By Judith O'Brien|A great critical text-examines teenage engagement very well|||‘Why Theatre Matters is written as a beautifully moderated conversation among the students and the teachers… This book reflects a researcher who pursues excellence and vulnerability together, inviting the field of theatre education to do the same
What makes young people care about themselves, others, their communities, and their futures? In Why Theatre Matters, Kathleen Gallagher uses the drama classroom as a window into the daily challenges of marginalized youth in Toronto, Boston, Taipei, and Lucknow. An ethnographic study which mixes quantitative and qualitative methodology in an international multi-site project, Why Theatre Matters ties together the issues of urban and arts education thro...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Why Theatre Matters: Urban Youth, Engagement, and a Pedagogy of the Real | Kathleen Gallagher.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.