The highly practical nature of Drama means quite often the very notion that textbooks and study guides should take much of a role in the classroom is a difficult one to embrace. In this digital age, written words of guidance on the page may seem a touch out of place for those keen to brand the subject as an alternative to more academically rigorous ones. But do they have something to offer that means teachers might just be missing a trick?
‘No book can substitute for the skills a teacher brings to a Drama classroom and it would be a rare (and disappointing) Drama room where lesson after lesson began with “Now turn to page XXX”, says Annie Fox, author of Illuminate Publishing's popular AQA GCSE Drama Textbook.
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