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Why Theatre Education Matters: Understanding Its Cognitive, Social, and Emotional Benefits

Why Theatre Education Matters: Understanding Its Cognitive, Social, and Emotional Benefits

Winner, Ellen
Goldstein, Thalia R.

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Acting & AuditioningImprovisationTeaching Instruction

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ISBN10: 0807769983
ISBN13: 9780807769980
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: Jul 26 2024
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.10 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

2026 Winner of the Educational Theatre Association Award for Research Excellence: Distinguished Research & Scholarship

2024 Greater Good magazine Favorite Books for Educators

Discover the cognitive, social, emotional, and other psychological benefits of learning how to act and perform.

Why Theatre Education Matters looks behind the curtain to see how thinking on stage happens in real secondary classrooms. Reporting on the first large scale systematic qualitative analyses of acting classes for adolescents, the author introduces the eight Acting Habits of Mind--thinking strategies to solve problems and creatively complete tasks. Each Habit is tied to current scientific research findings for related psychological constructs, including creativity, self-esteem, empathy, emotion regulation, and well-being. Connections are then made to individual student needs, future research, and the complexity of theatre education.

Based in the science of development and actual theatre education in a variety of settings and with a diversity of students, this book provides an answer to the question, What, psychologically, is an acting class? Every educator, administrator, and arts lover can use this book to not only better understand and advocate for their art forms, but also to demonstrate why theatre should be included in schools.

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