A step-by-step guide for anyone interested in teaching theater courses and creating theater with older adults.
Theatre for Lifelong Learning is a step-by-step guide for anyone interested in teaching theatre courses and creating theatre with older adults. This book provides instructors with syllabi, discussion questions, classroom management strategies, resource lists, and activities to teach courses from beginning to end. Special topics include playwriting, play development, storytelling, theatre appreciation, theatre criticism, theatre history, and theatre theory.
Older adult theatre courses support emotional well-being and the development of artistic communities and anyone can contribute to lifelong learning as an instructor. If you are new to theatre and theatre education, Theatre for Lifelong Learning offers tips throughout to assist you in creating accessible environments and making courses your own. If you have a background in performing arts, this book enriches your experience with interdisciplinary approaches to share your expertise. If you are an educator, it provides useful strategies to adapt your current skill set for the theatre classroom.
Regardless of your experience, you can help older adults connect, engage, and create. You may find yourself learning, exploring, and experimenting alongside your students. Teaching older adults theatre will contribute to your own enjoyment. In theatre, everyone gets to have fun!
By:
Rae Mansfield,
Linda Lau
Imprint: Intellect Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 244mm,
Width: 170mm,
ISBN: 9781789388770
ISBN 10: 1789388775
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 22 March 2024
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
List of Figures Preface: Why Older Adult Theatre? - Older Adults Pursuing the Now - The Three D’s in Popular Culture - Changing Perceptions of Older Adults through Theatre - Benefits of Older Adult Theatre Courses Introduction - How to Use This Book - The Lifelong Learning Theatre Instructor - Our Approach to Theatre for Lifelong Learning - Inclusivity and Play for Older Adult Theatre - Where Do I Begin? 1. Collaborating with Older Adults - What Are the Challenges? - Suggested Best Practices - Theatre for the Virtual Classroom - How to Help Your Students Learn Online - Course Evaluations - Things to Remember - Our Learning Philosophy 2. Theatre Appreciation - What Is Theatre Appreciation? - How Do I Put Together a Course? - How Do I Select and Organize Topics? - What Activities and Discussions Can I Do? - How Do I Run the Course? - What Do I Include on the Syllabus? - Sample Syllabi - Additional Resources 3. Theatre History, Theory, and Criticism - What Are Theatre History, Theory, and Criticism? - How Do I Put Together a Course? - How Do I Select and Organize Topics? - What Activities and Discussions Can I Do? - How Do I Run the Course? - What Do I Include on the Syllabus? - Sample Syllabi - Additional Resources 4. Playwriting, Play Development, and Storytelling - What Are Playwriting, Play Development, and Storytelling? - How Do I Put Together a Course? - How Do I Select and Organize Topics? - What Activities and Discussions Can I Do? Playwriting Exercises Storytelling Exercises - How Do I Run the Course? - What Do I Include on the Syllabus? - Sample Syllabi - Additional Resources 5. Performance - What Is Performance? - How Do I Put Together a Course? - How Do I Select and Organize Topics? - What Activities and Discussions Can I Do? Performance Exercises - How Do I Run the Course? - What Do I Include on the Syllabus? - Sample Syllabi - Additional Resources Conclusion: Theatre for All - Intergenerational Theatre - Autobiographical and Documentary Theatre - Theatre and Dementia - Musical Theatre - Theatre Repertories - What Other Opportunities Are Out There? - Why We Wrote This Book Notes Bibliography
Linda Lau and Rae Mansfield are theatre arts educators, drama Ph.D.’s, and co-founders of the Theatre for Lifelong Learning Project. Linda teaches theatre at the Older Adults Program at Santa Rosa Junior College. Rae is Honors Faculty-in-Residence at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. Their collaboration began through writing plays about underrepresented populations, social problems, and unconventional people struggling with normality. They are interested in inspiring people to participate in theatre regardless of background or experience, challenging audiences and artists to think critically about the world we live in, and helping people make connections to create communities.
