Book Reviews: The Drama Teacher's Handbook

Like Autolycus, drama teachers are ‘snappers up of unconsidered trifles,’ finding drama ideas all over the place, in every corner, any hour of day and night. Now we have a fresh source that brings together stimulus and drama learning material in an accessible and practical way.

The Drama Teacher's Handbook by Keith Burt comes from his experience over twenty years in educational drama in its many guises. With a passion for the power of drama not just in secondary schools but in the lives of young people, Burt tackles the processes of teaching about and through drama.

After discussing how the theory of ‘knowledge rich curriculum’ fits into Drama and practical ways to implement it, he unpicks ‘knowledge’ (factual, conceptual, procedural and meta-cognition) which would be useful in a chat with senior management about expanding the drama department.