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National Drama also has developed Resources During Lockdown.
Like London Drama, National Drama has also developed support materials for Drama teachers during this lockdown period.
There is a page on their website at Resources and they have a Resources Folder for sahring resources at Resource Folder.
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Drama Support
Drama Job Vacancies
Current Drama jobs here.
To advertise your Drama job please contact
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Borough Drama
Is your borough organised for Drama? Does it provide INSET or CPD courses? London Drama can support the development of initiatives and programmes for drama in boroughs. Please contact us if you would like more information.
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School Support
If your school would like to develop drama training please contact us. We will advise on or provide active resourcing.
Youth Theatres
Get Into Theatre helps you find out about career opportunities, work experience, training and much more.
Publications
Order in the Chaos
by Danielle Mackenzie
This new practical resource book by Danielle Mackenzie published by London Drama provides teachers with seven exciting units of work and materials designed for the GCSE Edexcel Drama Examintion, New Specification, helping to organise "Order" in all that potential "Chaos".
Published as a downloadable E-Book.
More info and download here
London Drama Members!
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New Beginnings: Brecht & Heathcote (Members) £5.95 £5.65
New Beginnings: Brecht & Heathcote (Members) £5.95 £5.65
by Alistair Muir
Trentham Books
ISBN: 9781858560731
Alistair Muir's paper, based on his dissertation for the award of MA in Drama in Education, is a timely study of knowledge and change in the drama of Heathcote and Brecht. Timely given the way in which knowledge is being presented in the present National Curriculum (referred to by Alistair Muir as an empiricist approach to knowledge) where the pupils are introduced to knowledge which is partial, disembedded, factual and where the skills are functional rather than embracing the ability to critically read and change the world.
In this study Alistair Muir argues that there is much that is complementary in the approaches of Brecht and Heathcote, particularly in that they both view knowledge as holistic, with no separation of thinking and feeling into artificially divided categories and where action is seen as implicit in the search for and use of knowledge. Knowledge for both Heathcote and Brecht is 'how we think and feel and believe each day' and that knowing process must relate the present with the past to prepare for action in the present/future.
He sets out to demystify Heathcote and make her usable, and explores her concern to enable people to be politically active (with a small p) in a world that is rather preordained but where we all have room to make things 'better'. He sees Brecht as having a different stance (being concerned with politics with a big p), but both as being concerned to work artistically in a fictional world to enable those engaged with this art process to be differently in the world.
Recommended products
An Introduction to Vygotsky (Members) (£21.50 £20.42)by Harry Daniels (Editor)
Taylor & Francis ISBN: 0415-328136
more info
Vygotsky and Pedagogy (Members) (£26.99 £25.64)by Harry Daniels
Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415237673
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Dorothy Heathcote: Drama As A Learning Medium (Members) (£18.99 £18.04)by Betty Jane Wagner
Trentham Books
ISBN: 978-1-85856-225-4
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Coming up
Our free CPD events are being organised in partnership with National Drama via Eventbrite - access them here.
In addition, we have some resources to support you via our e-news at Resources and our home page centre panel features our latest free online event
Surveys
Drama Networks Survey
Are you in an active local network for drama teachers? Would you like to be? Take the LD Drama Network Survey here
GCSE Drama Take Up Survey
Has EBacc undermined GCSE Drama take up? Take the survey here.
Courses Survey
We are always keen to hear what courses we can run for you. Please take our Courses survey here.
Mapping Drama Practice
Take the Survey of Drama Practice: it will only take a minute
Organisations
STEP is a borough-wide partnership linking the theatre community and education and youth sector in the London Borough of Southwark. STEP aims to equalise, extend and deepen the theatre and drama experience of all young people living in Southwark through the development of strategic partnerships between schools, youth and community groups and theatres and performing arts organisations. STEP's objective is to work closely with Southwark schools, youth and community groups and theatres and performing arts organisations to develop creative approaches to learning and provide innovative projects which stimulate children and young people's personal development and contribute to their educational attainment.
Find out more here.
