Issues
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Current issue
Number 9, 2008
- Abstracts (PDF 478K)
- Editorial (PDF 178K) Issue edited by Penny Bundy and John O'Toole
- Bridging the Divide: Regional Performing Arts Centres and Non-theatregoers Introduced (PDF 786K) Rebecca Scollen (Australia)
- Factors Constraining Teacher Choices of Material for High School Actors: A Personal Reminiscence (PDF 446K) Debra McLauchlan (Canada)
- Devising Original Entertainments for Popular Audiences: ‘New Lamps for Old!’ (PDF 986K) Gerard Boland (Australia)
- On the Margins of Orthodox and Applied Theatre:Memory, Expiation and Healing in Bole Butake’s Play Family Saga (PDF 715K) Christopher J. Odhiambo and Naomi Nkealah (South Africa)
- Evaluating the Efficacy of Community Theatre Intervention in/as Performance: A South African case study (PDF 680K) Kennedy C. Chinyowa (South Africa)
- Forum Theatre’s Positive Impact on Self-esteem in Conflict (PDF 1M) Rikke Gürgens Gjærum and Gro Hilde Ramsdal (Norway)
Past issues
Number 8, 2007
- Abstracts (PDF 514K)
- Editorial (PDF 331K) Issue edited by Penny Bundy and John O'Toole
- Applied Theatre: An Exclusionary Discourse? (PDF 652K) Judith Ackroyd
- War Narratives (PDF 645K) Tony Vinson and Desmond McDonnell
- The Everyday Becomes Extraordinary: Conversations About Family Violence, Through Applied Theatre (PDF 905K) Peter O'Connor, Chris Holland and Briar O'Connor
- Theatre for Positive Youth Development: A Development Model for Collaborative Play-creating (PDF 2600K) David Beare and George Belliveau
- Converging Worlds: Fostering Co-facilitation and Relationships for Health Promotion Through Drama at the Grassroots (PDF 660K) Christine Sinclair and Andrea Grindrod
- Visiting Creativity Country: A Policy-maker's Travel Guide (PDF 664K) Ainslie Yardley and John Bailey
- Though This Be Madness . . .? The Boal Method of Theatre and Therapy (PDF 707K) Paul Dwyer
Number 7, 2006
- Abstracts and Editorial (PDF 102K) Issue edited by John O'Toole and Penny Bundy (Australia)
- Conversations with the Devil (PDF 63K) Tim Prentki (United Kingdom)
- Walking in Both Worlds: Snuff Puppets at Barak Indigenous College (PDF 72K) Kate Donelan And Angela O'Brien (Australia)
- Navigating the Ethics of Audience Participation (PDF 56K) Gareth White (United Kingdom)
- Drama, School and Social Change: Theoretical Approaches to Learning in History and Culture (PDF 60K) Anton Franks (United Kingdom)
- Inside the Circle: The Spatial Dynamics of Contemporary Street Performance in Australia (PDF 591K) Joanna Clyne (Australia)
- Shakespeare in Nicaragua (PDF 61K) Els Van Poppel (Nicaragua)
- Performing Among Shadows and Screens: Reflections On Teaching Aesthetics and Theatre in Southeast Asia (PDF 256K) Charlene Rajendran (Singapore)
- The Imagination at Work Within the Dramatic Play of Pre-Adolescent Girls (PDF 78K) Julie Dunn (Australia)
- Writing Effective Characterisation to Facilitate Young People's Performance and their Understanding of Wider Social Issues with Particular Reference to The Landing (PDF 65K) Sarah Jane Dickenson (United Kingdom)
- Cyberdrama and Potential for Youth Engagement (PDF 75K) Sue Davis (Australia)
- The Art and Technology Writing Workshop: Theatre Arts and Technology in an Out-Of-School Setting (PDF 116K) J. David Betts (United States)
Number 6 , 2005
- Abstracts and Editorial (PDF 134K) Issue edited by John O'Toole
- Educational and Critical Dimensions in Turkish Shadow Theatre (PDF 61K) Mehmet Takkaç and A. Kerim Dinç (Turkey)
- The Underprivileged Woman as the Victim of Global Exploitation: A Study of the Performance of Séverin Cécil Abega's Le Sein t'est Pris (PDF 58K) Anne Tanyi-Tang (Cameroon)
- Framing the Aesthetic Response to a Community Theatre Project (PDF 380K) Beatriz Angela Vieira Cabral (Brazil) and Dan Olsen (DenmarK)
- Conscientising Cultural Performance : Theatre-Making Amongst Event-Specific Popular Audiences (PDF 308K) Gerard Boland (Australia)
- Community Theatre in a South Samic Community: The Challenges of Working with Theatre in Small Communities (PDF 70K) Tordis Landvik (Norway)
- Meeting Myself for the First Time While on Stage: Learning that Emerged Within a Community Popular Theatre Project (PDF 112K) Steve Noble (Canada)
- Looking for Shakespeare: Anatomy of a Theatre Outreach Project (PDF 88K) Alistair Martin-Smith (Canada / United Kingdom) and Shifra Schonmann (Israel)
- De l'autre côté du miroir : une expérience d'art dramatique avec les enfants de cinq ans / Through the Looking Glass: An Experience of Drama with Five-year-old Children (PDF 69K) par Francine Chaîné (Canada)
- The Theatre of Mind: A True Story of Chinese Children Learning English Through Readers' Theatre (PDF 129K) Chang Wen-Lung (Taiwan)
- Reflecting on the Body in Drama Education (PDF 62K) David Wright (Australia)
- Playing the Game, Role Distance and Digital Performance (PDF 117K) John Carroll and David Cameron (Australia)
- Asking the Right Questions: Accessing Children's Experience of Aesthetic Engagement (PDF 85K) Penny Bundy (Australia)
Number 5, 2004
- Abstracts and Editorial (PDF 147K) Issue edited by John O'Toole
- We Like Good Disco (PDF 69K) Nora Roozemond (Netherlands) and Karola Wenzel (Germany)
- Getting the Message: Measuring Audience Response to Theatre for Development (PDF 102K) Ian Gaskell and Robin Taylor (Vanuatu)
- A la frontiere du theatre et des arts visuels: la performance comme pratique indiscipline (PDF 58K) par Francine Chaîné (Canada)
- La Langue et le Texte: L'heritage du Futur (PDF 76K) par Michel Azama (France)
- The Best Laid Schemes o' Mice and Men: Exploring the Interplay Between Context, Role and Frame in Process Drama (PDF 68K) Pamela Bowell (United Kingdom) and Brian Heap (Jamaica)
- Ethical Issues in Drama/Theatre Education Research and Practice (PDF 52K) Laura A. McCammon (USA)
- Ethical Tensions in Drama Teachers' Behaviour (PDF 57K) Shifra Schonmann (Israel)
- Seen and Heard: Using Playback Theatre to Explore Spirituality for People with Intellectual Disability (PDF 40K) Rea Dennis (Australia)
- Drama and Philosophy: Language, Thinking and Laughing Out Loud! (PDF 53K) Laura D'Olimpio (Australia)
Number 4, 2003
- Abstracts and Editorial (PDF 127K) Issue edited by John O'Toole
- Didáctica Escénica: en busca de una estética para la educación / Scenic Didactics: in search of an educative aesthetic (PDF 55K) Elsa Yliana Iruega Peúa and Mario Cantú Toscano (Mexico)
- Creating Opportunities for Aesthetic Engagement: Reflections from a Drama Classroom (PDF 57K) Penny Bundy (Australia)
- Christmas Traditions and Performance Rituals: A Look at Christmas Celebrations in a Nordic Context (PDF 60K) Stig A. Eriksson (Norway)
- Theories of the Stage, Social Projects, and Drama's Pedagogies (PDF 73K) Kathleen Gallagher (Canada)
- Des voies de la analyse dramaturgique à la à cole / Ways to Analyse Dramatic Texts in Schools (PDF 51K) Maria Virgãlio Cambraia Lopes (Portugal)
- Audience Activating Techniques and their Educational Efficacy (PDF 87K) Edyta Lorek-Jezinska (Poland)
- The Importance of Narrative to Drama Education in Primary School (PDF 96K) Tiina Moore (Australia)
- Applied Theatre Taught and Caught: a Program Review (PDF 73K) Tony Millett (Australia)
- Multiculturalism and the Politics of Nation Building in Recent Cameroon Anglophone Theatre (PDF 74K) Tiku Takem (Cameroon)
- More than Words - A Passionate Vision: Building Ultural and Communication Competence Through Drama/Theatre (PDF 79K) Rosemary Blight (Australia)
- A Look at the Aesthetic and Educational Qualities of Video and Drama (PDF 70K) Isabelle Kim (Canada)
Number 3, 2002
- Abstracts and Editorial (PDF 21K) Issue edited by Philip Taylor
- Cycles Of Harmony: Action Research into the Effects of Drama on Conflict Management in Schools (PDF 86K) John O'toole And Bruce Burton
- Voice, Vernacular And Verve in Troy's House (PDF 65K) Roslyn Arnold
- The Challenge of Teaching in Role (PDF 54K) Julia Balaisis
- Reflection of Drama in Nursing Education In Sweden (PDF 44K) Margret Lepp
- Performed Ethnography For Representing Other People's Children in Critical Educational Research (PDF 73K) Tara Goldstein
- After Thought: Evaluating Applied Theatre (PDF 68K) Philip Taylor
Number 2, 2001
- Abstracts (PDF 77K) Issue edited by Philip Taylor
- A Scenario (PDF ??K) Tarquam McKenna
- Finding One's Own Way Through a Radical Critical Pedagogy (PDF 76K) Lorenzo Garcia
- Women and Drama: Transforming the Double Refractionâ of the Fictional and the fictionalâ Real (PDF 60K) Beryl Chalk
- Tabula Rasa: Starting Afresh with Classroom Drama (PDF 58K) Kathleen Gallagher
- Making a Break For It: Discourse and Theatre in Prisons (PDF 38K) James Thompson
- The Arts: Making Sense, Making Meaning of Ourselves (PDF 49K) Felicity Haynes
Number 1, 2000
- Abstracts (PDF 18K) Issue edited by Philip Taylor
- Applied Theatre: Problems and Possibilities (PDF 188K) Judith Ackroyd
- Applied Theater and the Power Play - An International Viewpoint (PDF 100K) Bjorn Rasmussen
- 'Formwork': A Case Study of a Research Process (PDF 132K) David Wright
- Down the Yellow Brick Road (PDF 100K) Peter O'Connor
- An Informal Conversation with Maxine Greene: The Power of Aesthetic Partnerships (PDF 104K) Philip Taylor
Book Reviews by Philip Taylor
- A Light in Dark Times: Maxine Greene and the Unfinished Conversation
William Ayers & Janet Miller (eds), 1998
New York, Teachers College Press
278 pp
ISBN 0-8077-3720-8 - The Passionate Mind of Maxine Greene: 'I Am ... Not Yet'
William Pinar (ed), 1998
London: Falmer Press
268 pp
ISBN 0-7507 0878-6