Creative Collaborations through Inclusive Theatre and Community Based Learning: Students in Transition

✍ Scribed by Lisa A. Kramer, Judy Freedman Fask (auth.)

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 207
• Series: Palgrave Studies In Play, Performance, Learning, and Development
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In this book, the authors share stories of creative, community based collaborations to illustrate how educators can use the arts to expand creative thinking and promote social justice beyond the classroom. Using their work in theatre classrooms as a central point, examples of innovative, inclusive programs designed to inspire learning for people of diverse abilities are presented. Through this examination, Kramer and Fask reveal the excitement, challenges, and unexpected surprises that come along with implementing a creative approach to learning.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Introduction....Pages 1-6
Arts, Transition, and DisABILITY....Pages 7-22
Judy Reflects on Transition Laws, Challenges, and History....Pages 23-41
Lisa’s Thoughts on Arts, Education, and Social Justice....Pages 43-75
Judy’s Thoughts on Arts, Education, and Social Justice....Pages 77-94
Creative Collaborations....Pages 95-126
A Star Is Born: Reaching One’s True Potential....Pages 127-163
Taking the Show on the Road....Pages 165-181
Back Matter....Pages 183-196

✦ Subjects

Creativity and Arts Education