Task 6C: Literature Reviews

Review  1:  http://dramateachersnetwork.wordpress.com/2011/05/08/managing-students-in-the-drama-classroom/

This article comes from a teacher who has just completed her first year as a drama teacher. It looks at the ideas of having behavioural frameworks or set ‘routines’ as a means of having control over your classroom. I like this article as it simply outlines current expectations of student behaviour within a drama class. In my inquiry I look to see if this approach can be tested or improved and if all behaviour can actually be sanctioned in such an active learning environment.

Review 2: ‘Getting The Buggers To Behave’ -  Sue Cowley 2001

Cowley, S, 2001. Getting the Buggers To Behave (p123-124)

This book came highly recommended by a colleague as a general behaviour management go to tool. It breaks a great deal of the text into sub headings throughout as a way of identifying what to refer to in certain situations. The point of interest for my Inquiry cam on the section looking at ‘The Classroom’ particularly the sub heading ‘Open Spaces’. This weighs up whether certain factors play a particular role within student’s behaviour in a positive or negative light.

In a similar vein to the last text this extract does also look at general guidelines for what and what to do sanction wise within a drama space.

Review 3:  http://www.creativeeducation.co.uk/videos/watch-video.aspx?id=3568

Now technically this may not be considered ‘Literature’ in the traditional sense of an article or an extract from a book but it is a video clip that lends a fantastic insight into what I am looking at. The video on the creative education website looks at one drama teachers approach to behaviour management within a classroom environment. Dealing with inevitable issues and advice on why sometimes letting a lesson flow can produce very solid, creative results.